frankness
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The frankness of the RBA’s communications is both refreshing and also alarming.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 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
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
“I do not pretend to possess equal frankness with your ladyship. You may ask questions which I shall not choose to answer.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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