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transparency

[trans-pair-uhn-see, -par-] / trænsˈpɛər ən si, -ˈpær- /


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We must institute safeguards that make expertise trustworthy: transparency about uncertainty, protection for those who test it, and real consequences when things go wrong.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

What diners surrendered wasn’t necessarily quality so much as a little hospitality, a little transparency and, increasingly, the expectation that a restaurant represented somebody’s particular idea of what a restaurant should be.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

She wants the administration to admit what she sees as its mistakes, calling the lack of transparency disheartening.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

These shifts "will result in fewer roles across Nike, and I want to acknowledge that news like this creates uncertainty," said Hill, who promised "transparency" as the plans become clearer.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

There’s an edge of transparency, and beside it a rim of solid flesh that’s without feeling, like a scar.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

Vermont declines, though, to say how much market share his company has in aircraft windows – or transparencies, as they are known in the trade.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

I’m still looking at the works, but the overlapping and the transparencies of the papers that I’ve been using, it’s opened up something really new and interesting for me.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025

Among them facsimiles of relevant ephemera are bound in mismatching formats: foldout drawings, transparencies, die-cuttings and pamphlets whose archival relevance you must flip through to ascertain.

From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

There are also more than 70,000 pictures, prints, slides, negatives, large format transparencies and contact sheets taken by famed photographers including Terry O’Neill and Helmut Newton.

From Reuters ● Feb. 23, 2023

It turns out this is a group interview, conducted by Todd in a large room, where we applicants sit in folding chairs while Todd, a sharply dressed fellow of about thirty, lectures and shows transparencies.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich




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