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as in vocal
engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest
a blatant clamor for the impeachment of the scandal-plagued governor
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as in obvious
very noticeable especially for being incorrect or bad
I take off points for blatant spelling errors
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Recent Examples of blatant
The European Union and South Korea were two of the most blatant offenders in this regard.
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David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2025
What’s Upstairs at the Downstairs is always a patchwork of mild satire, blatant spoofs, witty music, local jokes.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025
In the case of Tanzania, there has been a gradual unwinding of key sources of longevity in favor of more blatant and brutal tools of authoritarian rule.
—Yonatan Morse, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
This struck me as the first blatant act of manipulation.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 19 Dec. 2025
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The responses in Bug are very vocal and that is a lot of fun.—
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Hopefuls are judged on musical performance, song choice, vocal abilities, costuming, crowd appeal and authenticity in portraying the real-life Gold Rush character Klondike Kate.—
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At the most obvious level, of course.—
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But her agent at GSE Worldwide represents all three of the other FP Movement tennis players, Sloane Stephens, Danielle Collins, and Sofia Kenin, which made for an easy and obvious transition.—
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Then there’s reality TV star Spencer Pratt, an outspoken Bass critic, who launched a campaign rooted in his fury over the city’s handling of the fire — and the loss of his family’s home in the flames.—
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The outspoken auteur, considered one of Iranian cinema’s greatest living masters, is still in the crosshairs of the government known as the Islamic Republic of Iran.—
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The Horned Frogs also needed to strengthen the cornerback room, which was the glaring weakness of the team.—
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Some scouts will call it an outlier, while others will see the recurring struggles Morton faces in big games as a glaring red flag.—
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Someone else who has been addressing artificial intelligence head on has been Julia Roberts, who has been one of its most vociferous critics and refuses to even use ChatGPT.—
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Vice President Vance also offered a vociferous defense for ICE on Thursday, while criticizing media coverage.—
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Welfare advocates, long highly critical of the San Jose animal shelter, are warning of a potential legal fight if the agency fails to improve animal care — accusing the city of neglect, gross negligence and repeating violations of state law.—
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The union’s counter proposal to the league would give players around 30% of the gross revenue.—
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These calls came not from doctors, hospitals, or mesh manufacturers, but from a large, noisy room a few miles from Fort Lauderdale’s white sand beaches.—
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Authoring this noisy, jazzy track all by his lonesome, Weir vocally zig-zagged his way across a cluttered arrangement flush with oddball time changes.—
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“Blatant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blatant. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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