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directness

[di-rekt-nis, dahy-] / dɪˈrɛkt nɪs, daɪ- /














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Compared with, say, the War on Drugs, a contemporaneous band that has taken some shared influences to a much larger audience, Mr. Morby favors directness and specificity, and works on a more modest scale.

From The Wall Street Journal May 12, 2026

Plain language, ordinary intimacies—Ebert’s directness makes it possible to feel the moment with nearly the same unbearable immediacy that Penn creates in the film.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 24, 2026

The film sets its absurdities aside for a final moment of sincere directness.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 14, 2025

Arsenal have looked to introduce directness and counter-attacking threat, but how did their players adapt?

From BBC Aug. 18, 2025

Theirs was a passionate rejection of America, for they sensed with that directness of which only the simple are capable that they had no chance to live a full human life in America.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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