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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While she's spent much of her college career in the public eye, her huge social media following has never felt like a chore or a means to an end.
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Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 9 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
Moss continues to have a hard time winning in the public eye.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
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Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 9 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
Moss continues to have a hard time winning in the public eye.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 1 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 14 Dec. 2025.
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