explicitly

Example Sentences

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"But unlike humans, plants cannot explicitly measure distances! Instead, they rely on local biological interactions to achieve the same Voronoi solution."

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Eventually, the two explicitly talked about how they wanted his paid time off to factor into their parenting strategy.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

Katayama said that at her meeting with Bessent in Tokyo, the two countries reiterated that they are acting in accordance with a joint statement issued last year that explicitly mentions the option of currency intervention.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

It does not say that only acts taken explicitly because of race count.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

Although Copernicus, Galileo and Newton were well aware that their ideas were momentous, and we can legitimately describe their work as revolutionary, they never explicitly said to themselves, ‘I am making a revolution.’

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton