in plain sight

idiom

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

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As in Pynchon’s text, the rich white men with the racist secret society in Anderson’s film are hiding in plain sight and cloaked with absurdity. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025 The signs were there, in plain sight, only the decoding came too late. Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025 Hidden in plain sight At the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts, the staircase appears in between two separate galleries. Mollie Barnes, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2025 Luring in plain sight The offers of cash for criminal work can pop into anyone’s feed. Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 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 8 Oct. 2025.

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