in plain sight

idiom

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

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Hiding in plain sight Former Cambridge archivist Sian Collins first spotted the manuscript fragment in 2019 while recataloging estate records from Huntingfield Manor, owned by the Vanneck family of Heveningham, in Suffolk, England. Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 9 May 2025 Sometimes the real danger is hiding in plain sight, dressed up in a glossy prospectus and a fancy logo. Christian Faes, Forbes.com, 5 May 2025 Our lively, wide-ranging conversation spoke to Oberon’s stranger-than-fiction life, Hollywood's restrictive beauty standards and history of racial exclusion—and how they’re still felt today—and the price of hiding in plain sight. Hazlitt, 30 Apr. 2025 These tiny, plant-feeding arachnids hide in plain sight. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 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 21 May. 2025.

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