in plain sight

idiom

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

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Grab a one-sheet to play a scavenger hunt and find characters like The Joker, The Cat in the Hat, Frankenstein’s monster, The Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman and others all hiding in plain sight. John Coffren, Baltimore Sun, 27 Nov. 2024 Individualize Data And Files: One promising area to prevent leaks has its origins in Ancient Greece and is known as steganography, or the act of concealing information in plain sight. Troy Batterberry, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024 Hiding in plain sight this year is the fact that a dozen of the top contenders for Golden Globes and Oscars — airing Jan. 5 and March 2 , respectively — are helmed by directors who are veterans of the world’s top film festival competitions. Steven Gaydos, Variety, 27 Nov. 2024 Social Security’s internal workings are so recondite and poorly understood by average voters that numerous possible ways of imposing benefit cuts or otherwise harming the program are hiding in plain sight. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 26 Nov. 2024 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 5 Dec. 2024.

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