blunt
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Arnold laid out a blunt reality: Projects and workers were coming either way.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Still as pragmatic and blunt as ever, the Maddy in “Euphoria”’s final season uses her style not as artifice, but as designer armor.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026
Because existing drugs haven’t been able to target this protein, treatment for pancreatic cancer has primarily relied on toxic drugs that act more like blunt instruments than precise tools.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
The now work and pensions secretary described conversations he had with other Labour politicians about the welfare system and public spending in a pretty blunt way.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The birds were noisy in the dawn and the ranch cats came down from the hill like blunt snakes.
From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing blunt
The ACT Reading Test: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 1
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The SAT: Multiple-Meaning Words, List 8
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