frankness

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His frankness about local housing opposition turned him into something of a hero for the “yes in my backyard,” pro-development movement.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Legally, I assume there’s no way around the latter and, as queasy as it is to stomach, the frankness of it fits the tone.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Portraits come in many incarnations—the rigorous realism of Holbein, the rococo elegance of Gainsborough, the harsh frankness of Lucian Freud, to name just a few.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

It was that honesty and frankness, combined with his biting touch, that made Stephen Colbert such a TV icon.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2025

For a few moments they looked into each other’s eyes with complete frankness.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman