frank
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Stubb described the discussion between the three as "frank and substantive".
From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026
“These discussions are very frank and oddly not at all awkward,” Kao told the FBI.
From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026
My favorite part was the home stretch of tunes from “Music, Fashion, Film”: “Camera,” a startlingly frank confession of her movie-star aspirations; “Magic Metal Montana,” a deeply tender ode to her friend and collaborator A.G.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
“A very, very frank analysis of a candidate’s strengths and weaknesses is a part of every executive search,” said Martha Heller, CEO of technology executive recruiting firm Heller Search Associates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
That sounds like frank American wisdom, doesn’t it?”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
Kozinn and Sinclair paint her as a complex person, occasionally haughty or petty, but franker and more open with the press.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
Other nocturnal blossoms deploy scents like siren calls: The creamy whorls of the moonflower vine hint at vanilla and sunscreen, while the heavy bells of brugmansia are franker and muskier in aura, verging on narcotic.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2021
Maybe it would open the door for a franker conversation about his functionality that he is as yet too ashamed to broach?
From Slate ● Jan. 25, 2021
It was, said Bobby Wagner, an ugly win by the Seahawks — a frank assessment for which wide receiver Tyler Lockett had a slightly franker amendment.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2019
Strange how it amuses one to see little bits of oneself on paper, and the less garnished and franker the truths the more entertaining it is.
From The Diary of a U-boat Commander With an Introduction and Explanatory Notes by Etienne by Sir Stephen King-Hall
In 2020 your sister published “Open Book,” which is one of the frankest celebrity memoirs I’ve read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2025
Would you say that the latest episode of Red Table Talk features the show’s frankest discussion of infidelity yet?
From Slate ● Jul. 11, 2020
Ellison’s closeness with Wright brings out some of his frankest early letters.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 2, 2019
“This may be the frankest and most important presidential correspondence of this century,” he told the New York Times.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2018
Good cousin," said she, in her frankest manner, "I confess: I did suspect—for an instant.
From Judith Shakespeare Her love affairs and other adventures by William Black
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