explicit

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Details of the Labour government's new strategy are expected to be published shortly, but the government said it would place a "major, explicit emphasis on socio-economic background as a primary driver of unequal opportunity".

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

Note: This article includes some explicit song titles.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

I think AI and the pressure that it’s putting on young people makes the sort of extended dependence on families—that has been going on for a couple of decades now—in some ways more explicit.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

For all the explicit and widely shared concerns Leo names throughout, there is a through line of genuine love for humanity and what we can do at our best—including with the machines at our side.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

Among these was an absolute ban on “flying in airplanes of any description,” except with Groves’s explicit consent.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik