as in plain
easily seen; not secret or hidden
overt hostility
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Recent Examples of overt
The size of a hydrocele can vary greatly, with the swelling being overt in some people and subtle in others.
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Josephine Hessert, Verywell Health, 1 Dec. 2024
These poses are very overt, resulting in a more magical treatment of the mecha and the overall setting, something that Izubuchi’s elegant designs only helped to emphasize further.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Others hedged their bets, avoiding overt endorsements while currying favor with candidates behind the scenes.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2024
But the film itself steers clear of overt politics, focusing instead on the media’s role in covering real-time crises and shaping public perception.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
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Josephine Hessert, Verywell Health, 1 Dec. 2024
These poses are very overt, resulting in a more magical treatment of the mecha and the overall setting, something that Izubuchi’s elegant designs only helped to emphasize further.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 23 Nov. 2024
Others hedged their bets, avoiding overt endorsements while currying favor with candidates behind the scenes.
—Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2024
But the film itself steers clear of overt politics, focusing instead on the media’s role in covering real-time crises and shaping public perception.
—Josh Rottenberg, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overt
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Headbands Do Blair Waldorf or Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy proud with a sparkly or plain headband that sweeps hair back with ease.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 25 Dec. 2024
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Now, that comes with the caveat that everyone has different dietary needs, budgets, and plain old preferences.Sara Coughlin, SELF, 23 Dec. 2024
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In my own lucid dreams, a ripe, summer stone-fruit from the market explodes with flavor.Krista Stevens, Longreads, 12 Sep. 2024
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Meanwhile, Jones directed the finale, which contains a lucid dream for Riley inspired by many of his own.Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 12 Dec. 2024
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Founders Briton Hadden and Henry Luce envisioned a magazine that would synthesize complex events into digestible narratives, ensuring accessibility for busy readers.Mark Howard, TIME, 11 Dec. 2024
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That anybody can generate such images provides a way to immediately express inchoate feelings about an inchoate world through an immediately digestible image.Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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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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Witkoff was with Trump during the apparent second assassination attempt on his life, telling NBC that Secret Service agents dived on Trump and got him off his Florida golf course in under 20 seconds.Sara Dorn, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Behind the scenes, fans speculated about an apparent rift between Lively and Baldoni, who avoided one another other during press junkets and appeared separately on red carpets.Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
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This small French bakery serves up simple but flawlessly executed French bread, and the jambon beurre sandwich here, served with a thick slathering of butter, grainy mustard and ham on a crusty baguette, reigns as my favorite sandwich of the year.Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 25 Dec. 2024
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Most antimatter particles created in particle accelerators have been fairly simple: anti-protons, positrons, anti-tritium and anti-helium — that sort of thing.Keith Cooper, Space.com, 25 Dec. 2024
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But for bitcoin investors who have seen a strong rise in the value of their investment, luxury goods — a designer handbag or high-end watch — are an obvious choice for diversifying one's portfolio, analysts say.Mimosa Spencer, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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One of the additions should be quite obvious to anybody following the Yankees' offseason closely.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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This trend was evident in the first round of the College Football Playoffs.Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Dylan’s appreciation for the American workwear staple is evident on the cover of his 1963 album, The Freewheelin’; Phillips wanted to replicate the exact same pair.Christian Allaire, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Overt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overt. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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