frank
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And Prior was frank about that over the offseason.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
The White House said Trump is looking forward to having “constructive and frank conversations with many world leaders” at the meeting in Turkey.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
As part of the deal, Matlala is required to give honest and frank testimony at future trials.
From BBC ● Jun. 25, 2026
In a statement issued shortly after Zelensky announced his call with Trump, the Kremlin said Putin and his US counterpart had held a "friendly and frank" phone call.
From Barron's ● Jun. 14, 2026
It means, “I’m being frank when I say he’s boring.”
From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner
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
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
But a South Korean presidential adviser offered a franker assessment.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2019
If they get the opportunity, they are far franker than you would expect.
From The Preacher and His Models The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 by Stalker, James
Passages like these are some of the frankest and most resonant I have read about what death does to the bereaved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2022
In framing this as the frankest discussion of their marriage to date, they manage to get away with saying very little.
From Slate ● Jul. 14, 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 Black, William
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The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 1
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The Diary of Anne Frank
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