openness
Example Sentences
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The group claims the Home Office failed to exercise its powers with the openness required.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Even as the fighting intensifies, both sides have signaled openness to diplomacy.
From Slate ● Jul. 20, 2026
Instead of the protective fortification of concrete barriers and razor wire, the National Mall is marked by a sprawling, deliberate openness.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The specifics of Martha Graham’s choreography notwithstanding, it is the bright openness of Copland’s music, its resolutely optimistic cast—particularly his reworking of the Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts”—that has implanted itself in the national imagination.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026
Ifemelu told the story with a false openness, as though it was merely a curiosity for her, and not something she had chosen to goad Laura.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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