overt
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That distinction between overt and internalised coercion was also referenced by two disabled MSPs – Pam Duncan-Glancy and Jeremy Balfour, both of whom sit as independents and oppose the bill.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
The exhibition brings together Los Angeles artists exploring ideas of memory, community and collective experience — often in quieter ways than Martinez’s overt messaging.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026
Some young people are now being more overt on their dating profiles, revealing their faces and personal details including names, interests and universities attended.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026
This may have been the most overt art-as-protest moment, showing dancers climbing sparking electrical poles, only to fall off and dangle by what looked like snipped wires.
From Salon • Feb. 9, 2026
Standing there he realized, all at once, that he had acquired an overt, incontestable fear directed toward the principal android.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Vocabulary lists containing overt
The Constitution of the United States
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