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  • adjective comparative form of bold: more bold

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Examples

  • This bill would also just amp up the black market for fake IDs and increase criminal activity as desperate drug addicts tenaciously engage in bolder actions to satisfy their uncontrolled and irresistible cravings.

    Ask your doctor, and she may ask about you (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

  • The philosopher expressed a very reasonable wish, that the disciple of Plato might have reposed amidst the groves of the academy; 139 while the soldier exclaimed, in bolder accents, that the ashes of Julian should have been mingled with those of Caesar, in the field of Mars, and among the ancient monuments of Roman virtue.

    The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

  • And of course they got bolder and bolder, which is their way.

    A Horse's Tale Mark Twain 1872

  • In fact, Logsdon added, the new, so-called bolder plan makes only minor changes to the earlier plans.

    Raw Story 2010

  • In fact, Logsdon added, the new, so-called bolder plan makes only minor changes to the earlier plans.

    Raw Story 2010

  • In fact, Logsdon added, the new, so-called bolder plan makes only minor changes to the earlier plans.

    Yahoo! News: Latest news headlines News Headlines | Top Stories 2010

  • Repubs have done nothing to be part of the process, so all this talk about being "bolder" now is a bunch of CRAP!!!!

    Cantor gets in quickest response on jobs 2010

  • Those who find themselves more exposed to Pimco than they are comfortable with could consider making Total Return their core bond holding while adding other funds — such as "bolder" ones that invest in high-yield and foreign bonds or, with income-tax rates potentially set to rise, tax-free municipal bonds, says Russel Kinnel, Morningstar's director of fund research.

    Do You Own Too Much Pimco? Jane J. Kim 2010

  • Only a few months after replacing their "bolder" (some would say "burnt") varieties of brewed coffee with the more "mild" (some would say "dunkin donuts-esque") Pike Place Roast, Starbucks has announced that due to popular demand, they'll be brewing some of the old stuff too.

    Starbucks To Bring Back "Burnt" Coffee Due To Customer Demand - The Consumerist 2008

  • Matt Lewis reports that National Review thinks the pledge is "bolder" than Newt's Contract with America, while Erick Erickson trashes the plan with typical subtlety and understatement:

    The Morning Plum 2010

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