in plain view

idiom

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

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The president blamed a fatal plane collision on diversity programs, while selling access to the White House in plain view. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 10 July 2025 North Carolina has general indecent exposure laws, but those rules came into question in 2015 when residents of a north Charlotte neighborhood called police about a neighbor who frequently stood naked outside his home in plain view. Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 18 June 2025 The drama that has festered between the Red Sox and Devers has played out in plain view. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025 Her hands were up in the air, empty, and in plain view of Lt. Byrd and other officers in the lobby. Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for in plain view

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“In plain view.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20plain%20view. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.

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