explicit
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In June, the government said tech companies like Apple and Google must install software to prevent children from taking, sending or viewing sexually explicit images on their phones and other devices.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
Policies should be targeted, with explicit and well-defined objectives, and feature a governance framework to guarantee political accountability and minimize the risk of corruption.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
He was explicit that Fuentes’ views on race and women are indefensible, and that what Fuentes has said about the Holocaust and Nazism cannot be defended.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026
“On the BOJ’s explicit mandates of inflation and economic activity, the case for materially tighter policy remains limited,” Tang adds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
My father’s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
Vocabulary lists containing explicit
The SAT: Language of the Test, List 1
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The ACT: The Language of the Test, List 1
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