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How to use the word straight-forward in a Sentence?

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What we recommended, essentially, was that states get allocated an amount based on population, we kind of ran numbers and realized that even if you tried to do it by Covid prevalence and all the rest, it doesn't matter enough to go through that complexity and it probably was simpler, more straight-forward and less subject to manipulation.

– Helene Gayle

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Look, as a legal matter, the question is straight-forward in law that the child of a U.S. citizen born abroad is a natural-born citizen, people will continue to make political noise about it but as a legal matter it is straight-forward. I would note that it has occurred many times in history.

– Ted Cruz

Found on CNN
8 years ago

If it was easy and straight forward then everyone would do it.

– Ben Schlappig

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Everyone just has the same motivation, they want to put on a good show for the fans and have an exciting sport, we all want to stay in business. It's pretty straight forward. Like most good businesses, it's based on good communication. Our communication has really improved a lot the past year. Hopefully, our activities have been a contribution to that.

– Team Alliance chairman Rob Kauffman

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I think it's fundamentally not a bad bank. Yes, it made some mistakes that banks make, but not fatal mistakes - relatively straight forward.

– Hugh Young

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

There is no definitive guide to tipping, there have been a number of studies done on tipping guidelines and it's actually kind of complicated—not at all straight forward.

– Michael Lynn

Found on CNN
9 years ago

They invited me to lunch and didn't put it in a straight-forward manner, they diplomatically said that if you decide to do your annual demonstration as normal, it will be fine as long as you don't do other things targeting Xi Jinping.

– Jason Chao

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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