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candid

[kan-did] / ˈkæn dɪd /


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Getting candid assessments, some companies believe, requires quietly contacting a different set of past managers and co-workers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

"I've not really enjoyed the previous two tournaments if I'm being honest," Clarke tells BBC Scotland in a candid interview.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

One of my favorite photos of him is a candid photo, and he’s wearing a Nine Inch Nails shirt.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

But this light touch is frustrating for a film that is otherwise candid about the ways we live and the patterns we stumble into, often brutally so.

From Salon • May 30, 2026

Then he added a candid afterthought: “Yet I don’t know how I should live without it.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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