directness
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"They've brought real pace and directness to the attack, and Gabriel Jesus has given them another option up front. It's been pivotal."
From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026
Paul, meanwhile, was in a period of uncharacteristic autobiographical directness in his lyric-writing, documenting his grievances with his actor girlfriend Jane Asher while residing in her family’s London home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
Cramer told me all this, with remarkable directness, in a lengthy interview in the basement where he records interviews for various UFO shows.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Mr. Hara and Ms. Kobayashi favor discursiveness over directness and display no appetite for concision in anything featured in this box.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
Ordinarily Holmes looked at Mrs. Lawrence with a directness that was unsettling, but now he avoided her gaze.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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