plainspoken

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But the diminutive man’s plainspoken demeanor failed to gain traction with California voters — a 1991 Times profile deemed him “the unknown senator.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

But Mr. Markovits’s writing is restrained and plainspoken, and it draws us in with the fidelity by which it inhabits Tom’s dejection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

On paper, he’s the kind of figure they imagine can bridge the divide: a plainspoken Mainer.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2025

Kristofferson's plainspoken vocals may have lacked range but they carried something more important - conviction.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2024

It was the plainspoken convictions of one of Atlanta’s numerous young black collegians who often visited our local Temple Fifteen.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey