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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Straightforward, frank, and candid.
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Examples
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The company's out-front ingenuity offers us a lens through which to measure the attempts of other PC makers and mobile technology companies to offer products to meet the apparent demand that was not likely limited to the holiday season.
In 2011, All Eyes Are on the Tablet Heather Struck 2011
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Tracy Morgan, Wanda Sykes, Chris Rock and a host of out-front black personalities have been using that “dialect” and emphasizing it for years.
Think Progress » Right Wing Rallies Around Trent Lott’s Segregationist Remarks To Attack Harry Reid 2010
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It is no accident that several of the most out-front "liberal," "progressive," or whatever you want to call it, House members have endorsed Joe.
Vying to Win Open Seat in 34th District, State House Candidates Make Their Pitch « PubliCola 2010
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So, basically, here's the out-front opposition to Warren: the entire financial industry, Republican lawmakers and the worst deliberative body in the history of Western civilization.
Why Is The White House Afraid Of The Elizabeth Warren Fight? 2010
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So, basically, here's the out-front opposition to Warren: the entire financial industry, Republican lawmakers and the worst deliberative body in the history of Western civilization.
Why Is The White House Afraid Of The Elizabeth Warren Fight? 2010
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The most out-front social secretary in recent White House history insisted she only ever welcomes the limelight if "it pushes the business forward."
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At one point, Karenna, 36, -- an active and out-front part of her father's 2000 presidential campaign -- seemed the most likely of the four Gore kids (more on the others later) to follow her dad and grandfather to Capitol Hill.
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Nowhere have these tendencies been more out-front and prominent than at TeamSarah. org, a website organized by "a coalition of women dedicated to advancing the values that Sarah Palin represents in the political process."
Geoffrey Dunn: 'Watermelon Roll': More Racism from 'Team Sarah' 2009
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From everything I have seen of Mr. Mandela, and from the memories I have of meeting him personally on several occasions, Mr. Freeman gets everything right: the walk, the cadences in the voice, the out-front and straight-ahead posture and the inner radiance that connect his thoughts and his words with visible facial computations — many of the qualities that make Mr. Mandela an inspiring leader.
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It has to be an in-your-face out-front change that is not at all shy and willing to escalate every vicious attack and smash the Republicans back in the mouth for every dirty trick they try.
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