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• a  precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication
  explicit instructions
  she made her wishes explicit
  explicit sexual scenes
• s  in accordance with fact or the primary meaning of a term

• He was explicit about his choice of holiday destination yet the agency flew him to another beach on the Western coast.
• This column is rated NC17 for explicit nostalgia.
• Warning: The following material contains sexually explicit language.

• expressed
• denotative

• implicit

News & Articles

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• Bikini espresso stands face prostitution claims
  According to police, explicit activity was happening at some bikini barista stands.
  June 26, 2013 - FOX 12 Oregon
• Former Pa. school official faces jail for sexting
  WILKES-BARRE, Pa. (AP) - A former school official accused of sending explicit text messages to boys has pleaded guilty in northeastern Pennsylvania. Former Scranton school director Mark Kandel pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to online enticement of a minor.
  June 25, 2013 - New Jersey Herald
• Live coverage of the George Zimmerman trial
  This is a murder trial. Graphic details, crime scene photos and explicit language may be said and shown throughout the trial. We will be sharing the live feed as is and language and other graphic items will NOT be bleeped or blurred.
  June 25, 2013 - MyCentralJersey.com

Quotes

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• Gordon Brown in EUX.TV
  We have duties to discharge and responsibilities to keep in support of the democratically elected government and in support of the explicit will of the international community,Brown said in his first press conference with Bush since becoming...
• Ben Bernanke in Bloomberg
  Given how important robust payment and settlement systems are to financial stability, a good case can be made for granting the Federal Reserve explicit oversight authority for systemically important payment and settlement systems,Bernanke said.
• Robert Gates in New York Times
  I was very explicit in the meeting that we saw the Azeri radar as an additional capability, that we intended to proceed with the radar, the X-band radar, in the Czech Republic,Mr. Gates said at an evening news conference after meeting with...