How to Use publicly in a Sentence
publicly
adverb- The policies have been publicly approved.
- She very publicly acknowledged her mistake.
- The information is publicly available.
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Both of them have publicly vowed to remain in the race.
— Will McDuffie, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2024 -
At the time, de Rossi had not yet publicly come out as a lesbian.
— Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024 -
The names of all three men are not being publicly released because of their ages at the time of the crime.
— Heran Mamo, Billboard, 13 May 2023 -
And a lot of those players aren’t afraid to voice that desire publicly.
— The Indianapolis Star, 19 Apr. 2023 -
Her death prompted mass protests across the country, with some publicly calling for the end of the regime.
— Anna Gordon, TIME, 20 May 2024 -
The company has so far not identified the source of the leak, at least publicly.
— Mansee Khurana, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024 -
Since Rachel’s rise to fame, she’s publicly raved about her husband.
— Jessica Vacco-Bolaños, Peoplemag, 28 July 2024 -
Schumer, who has publicly backed Biden, would be the most senior Democrat to call for Biden to step aside.
— David Goldiner, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024 -
The Holt interview would publicly set the tone for Harris’s first two years.
— Astead W. Herndon, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023 -
This raises the question of whether the campaign has the rights, owned by 20th Century Fox, to use the song publicly.
— Caroline Frost, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2024 -
With Creighton in the fold, the eight-team field was publicly unveiled in mid-June, but certitude would still be a ways off.
— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2024 -
Farren played it publicly for the first time that night at The Listening Room in Nashville.
— Tom Roland, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2024 -
Israel has not publicly acknowledged a role in the blasts.
— Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 Sep. 2024 -
The pair publicly split less than two years after tying the knot in September 2020.
— Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024 -
The identity of the woman who was killed hasn't been publicly released.
— Dennis Romero, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2023 -
The point, though, is that its role is often overstated, at least publicly.
— The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2023 -
The new voice assistant will be publicly available in the coming weeks.
— Bobby Allyn, NPR, 20 May 2024 -
The indictment was sealed, which means the specific charge or charges are not publicly known.
— Jacqueline Alemany, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023 -
Now that he is charged, will Trump be publicly arrested?
— Perry Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023 -
The entertainment world is full of stars who have publicly given their life to Christ.
— Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024 -
These are just a few of more than 1,000 publicly available ALEC model policies.
— Lisa B. Nelson, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024 -
Multiple people publicly praised the group’s work before the vote.
— Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023 -
The impulse to open their home and share their art publicly felt like a natural extension of the culture around them.
— Max McCormack, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 June 2023 -
Iran blames Israel for the airstrike; Israel has not publicly acknowledged its role in the attack.
— Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024 -
Hobbs has not publicly taken a stance on the proposition, and declined through her aides to do so for this story.
— Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 4 Oct. 2024 -
In March 2022, the couple, who had still not publicly confirmed their romance, were still going strong.
— Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 24 Apr. 2024 -
One of those concerns is that the genetic sequencing of the smallpox virus is publicly available.
— Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
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