in the public eye
idiom
: in a position that receives a lot of public notice and attention
The job requires someone who is comfortable being in the public eye.
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Williams had been on a similar journey following his departure from Take That in 1995, someone seeking approval and reckoning with their mental health in the public eye.
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Thomas Smith, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2025
Though, the actor alluded to the difficulties of growing up in the public eye and the toll that took on his eldest child in a previous interview.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Those in the public eye are not immune to society’s subliminal, and now not-so-subliminal, messaging about bodies.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025
After 14 years in Wisconsin, the last four months of it in the public eye, Yessenia Ruano is back in her native El Salvador.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
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Thomas Smith, Billboard, 15 Dec. 2025
Though, the actor alluded to the difficulties of growing up in the public eye and the toll that took on his eldest child in a previous interview.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 12 Dec. 2025
Those in the public eye are not immune to society’s subliminal, and now not-so-subliminal, messaging about bodies.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025
After 14 years in Wisconsin, the last four months of it in the public eye, Yessenia Ruano is back in her native El Salvador.
—Sophie Carson, jsonline.com, 3 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in the public eye
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“In the public eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20public%20eye. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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