in plain sight

idiom

chiefly US
: in a place that is easily seen
He carried his gun in plain sight.

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The crowd did nothing as she was abducted in plain sight. Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 27 Feb. 2025 In stark contrast, the Russian economy is imploding in plain sight. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian, TIME, 26 Feb. 2025 By Mark Chediak and Dave Merrill | Bloomberg Across drought-prone California, high-voltage power lines that haven’t been needed in years hang unused from steel towers — a fire risk hiding in plain sight. Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2025 The knives, like hundreds of collections of ephemera scattered in the corners and on the walls of L.A.’s countless grocery stores, are a museum exhibit hidden in plain sight. Vanessa Anderson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in plain sight

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“In plain sight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20plain%20sight. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.

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