plain

Jenny, who had learned she was a mutation carrier, could not acknowledge it when she began to change, even after a doctor made her diagnosis plain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Russ: I got all your favorites, sesame, onion, everything, plain.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

But his pointed comments made plain the position athletes find themselves in.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

There’s a safe haven hiding in plain sight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

There, plain as day, was the hilt of the knight’s sword, sitting securely in the scabbard strapped to Jack’s shoulder.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

Yes, this particular region, about 24.3 cqurzots in radius, is definitely lower than the vast plains outside the depression.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

News of the home invasion spread rapidly across the rolling plains of southwestern Oklahoma.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026

Some risks can be largely sidestepped: choosing not to build on an earthquake fault line, for example, or in flood plains.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

Others may lose much of their force as they reach the plains, leaving behind a more conventional flood.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

‘My people were brought from the great plains, and the dark, green jungles,’ he said once to Mr. Singer.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

He is also often being asked how to zhuzh up plainer fare or find satiety with smaller portions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026

Other measures including plainer packaging for vapes will also help target sales to children, the government says.

From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2024

For example, Chinese zhajiangmian is usually plainer than Korean-Chinese jajangmyeon, which is coated in a thick sauce of fermented black beans.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

We can’t put it any plainer than he does: These assaults “are a direct result of multiple systems’ lack of appropriate resources, placements, and services” for kids in dire need.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2023

No, there ain’t an answer that’s any plainer to an old man than it is to me.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

In “Love and Summer,” William Trevor’s novel of doomed romance and quiet resignation, even the plainest sentence conveys roiling emotion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

Mr Duck KC said: "It was the plainest of intrusions and the fear it caused was inevitable."

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2025

In plainest English: If the people with the heaviest vehicles made do with slightly less, the impact to the safety of their lives would be literally zero, and thousands fewer people would die.

From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025

One theory is that historically, most accusations of infringement have involved the most prominent elements of a song, like the hook, vocal melody or lyrics — things that even the plainest sheet music would highlight.

From New York Times ● May 2, 2024

He said this in just the plainest everyday voice, as if discussing that the dog had gotten into the garbage again.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver