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
Billops’s questions to Van Der Zee give shape to the book’s narrative, and the subject’s frankness charms his dialogue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025
Judge John Woosley ruled that in “ ‘Ulysses,’ in spite of its unusual frankness, I do not detect anywhere the leer of the sensualist.”
From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2025
He was frank, and expected a reciprocal frankness that I might not be able to supply.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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