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It will be all right as long as we talk about it openly and like adults.
Acting with seeming impunity and military precision, the extremists oversaw an organised campaign that targeted dark-skinned immigrants, leftist opponents and gay people, according to state prosecutors, who spent 15 months investigating the openly xenophobic, antisemitic and homophobic group.
Abbott has willingly handed over federal environmental assessment powers to a government who has openly stated that "we are in the coal business".
All we know is that although no party will openly say they support for-profit education in England, profit-making has taken place in the past five years anyway.
Attaching an author addendum to your publishing agreement is a great way to publish where you want while still retaining the right to openly distribute your work.
What Is It Good For? "'War,' he thinks, 'has made humanity safer and richer'… Morris's book bears many resemblances to – and often openly acknowledges – similar books by writers such as Jared Diamond and Steven Pinker".
"The US government, just as they did with other whistleblowers, immediately and predictably destroyed any possibility of a fair trial at home, openly declaring me guilty of treason and that the disclosure of secret, criminal, and even unconstitutional acts is an unforgivable crime.
Some senior party figures had wanted these messages highlighted alongside the NHS in the Heywood campaign, and would also now like Labour to raise openly in Europe questions about the long-term challenge posed by the free movement of unskilled labour across the EU.
While some gay-rights supporters praised Thursday's vote by the Boy Scouts of America in favor of formally accepting openly gay scouts, others were disappointed in the group's decision to continue to block gay scout leaders.
The film turns him from the engaging, often witty and openly gay man he really was into a socially dysfunctional recluse, unable to understand jokes and shamed by his own sexuality.
At Portsmouth University, student union president Grant Clarke says in a statement that policies aimed at defending students from racist, sexist and homophobic harassment don't preclude people from openly talking and discussing these issues, "but we don't accept these behaviours on our campus".
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The adverb "openly" modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs to indicate that an action is performed in a transparent and unconcealed manner. Ludwig AI confirms that it's grammatically correct and widely used.
Expression frequency: Very common
