explicitly
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That petition explicitly tied the demand to Reiner’s looming murder trial, saying he was entitled to “mount his defense with the resources that are lawfully his own.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2026
In a recorded online briefing, Dudley Council chief executive Balvinder Hera stressed residents should not return home until explicitly told they could do so.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
Under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, such groups automatically end after two years unless explicitly renewed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer said he would lack the legal basis for any tariffs not explicitly approved by the legislation’s formula.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
This idea was first stated explicitly in Newton’s Principia Mathematica, published in 1687, and is known as Newton’s first law.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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