as in plain
easily seen; not secret or hidden
overt hostility
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Recent Examples of overt
Obviously, cutting a power line is a less overt form of aggression than the full-scale invasion that Putin launched in Ukraine.
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Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
The problem with the tech titans — especially platform owners like Zuckerberg and Musk — pledging their loyalty to Trump in such an overt manner, industry watchers say, is its effect on the mechanisms of democracy.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2025
The record’s cover showed the smiling singer benignly tipping his hat, and its songs lacked overt political and social commentary.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Nosferatu — which has nabbed four Critics Choice Awards noms and landed on multiple Oscar shortlists — embodies horror’s ability to smuggle in its big ideas, making powerful arguments without overt reference to the background political realities.
—Eric Kohn, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
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Phillips Payson O’Brien, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
The problem with the tech titans — especially platform owners like Zuckerberg and Musk — pledging their loyalty to Trump in such an overt manner, industry watchers say, is its effect on the mechanisms of democracy.
—Peter Green, Quartz, 13 Jan. 2025
The record’s cover showed the smiling singer benignly tipping his hat, and its songs lacked overt political and social commentary.
—Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
Nosferatu — which has nabbed four Critics Choice Awards noms and landed on multiple Oscar shortlists — embodies horror’s ability to smuggle in its big ideas, making powerful arguments without overt reference to the background political realities.
—Eric Kohn, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overt
Adjective
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While most warming devices come only in plain blacks and grays, these go out of their way to look pleasant in four colorful designs.—
Clint Davis,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Jan. 2025
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The fabrics feature traditional patterns and plain colors, some even have monkey designs.—
Terry Elward,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Over the past nine years, he had been evaluated at least nine times — only twice, court records show, was he judged at least temporarily lucid enough to stand trial.—
Kallie Cox,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Jan. 2025
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Penned in lucid moments, before morphine and hospice care silenced his thoughts to all but himself—the Last List takes one, hand in hand, on a last stroll back to the bygone days of an ingenious Catholic boy, a mill worker's striving son, for a final visit to beloved Lowell.—
Stephan Pechdimaldji,
Newsweek,
13 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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Everything about Alexander-Arnold can be broken down into bitesize, quickfire, easily digestible chunks.—
Rory Smith,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Cooking foods in digestible forms to maximize nutrient absorption.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
11 Jan. 2025
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Her singing, her comic timing, and her undisguised vulnerability are a key part of the Netflix series’s success.—
Theresa Pichler,
Glamour,
23 Dec. 2024
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Since 2008–09, the party has made a surprisingly undisguised turn toward Russian President Vladimir Putin.—
Anton Shekhovtsov,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Apr. 2017
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But going against Boozer, the gulf in their skill sets was apparent.—
Jared Weiss,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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And the cracks in the Russian economy are becoming increasingly apparent.—
Alexandra Prokopenko,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Chloe Legault took to TikTok the moment her boyfriend Louis' mom, Isabelle, took a simple task and made it into a heartfelt moment.—
Ashley Vega,
People.com,
24 Jan. 2025
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The premise is simple: A proud dad gets his old band back together to play a song at his daughter’s wedding, only for the group to bash out an early Eighties-style hardcore song, replete with diatribes about Ronald Reagan and white picket fences, all while destroying the venue.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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There is an obvious set of two scoring lines and two shutdown lines available.—
Murat Ates,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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Johnson has emerged as the team’s primary back on third downs and obvious passing downs, catching 18 passes for 284 yards and three touchdowns and carrying the ball 41 times for 213 yards and one score.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Jan. 2025
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Though the disproportionate dangers of flying in Alaska were evident both then and now, the Douglas C-54D Skymaster carrying Joyce, Jones and 42 others was well equipped to handle what was supposed to be a routine transit flight.—
Francine Uenuma,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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That was evident when the Panthers went with Cade Mays over Christensen at center.—
Joseph Person,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Overt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overt. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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