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openness

[oh-puhn-nis] / ˈoʊ pən nɪs /




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Burnham said he would "always admire the characteristic courage and openness with which she spoke about her illness, making us all think about the difficult questions we face at the end of life".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Ukraine has indicated openness to a deal resuming grain shipments as long as Russia moves to de-escalate, too.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

It arrives as audiences and filmmakers signal an openness to revisiting stories about women long shaped by men accustomed to processing female identity through a saint-sinner binary.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

Maintaining an openness to people — and a willingness to strengthen connections with everyone from distant or estranged family members to friends, acquaintances and strangers — enables you to benefit from more social interaction.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

As does flirtation and infatuation and love and sweetness and generosity and openness and belief and trust and safety, basically all the good stuff.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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