honestly
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“Same tent, but everything around it — you’ve seen the little building we built, the David Geffen Galleries. It’s a new beginning for LACMA, honestly, and there’s so much more to come.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 8, 2026
“We’ve made so much progress this year, and I honestly never felt more confident in what we’re doing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
"Occupation, liberation, bombardments… honestly, how could it be worse? We've already seen it all."
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Your husband sounds like a stand-up guy and, honestly, plenty of people in your position would move on and leave the stepchildren zero in their will.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 30, 2026
"I honestly thought she was a demon! She was so skeletal!"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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