in public
idiom
: in a place where one can be seen by many people : in a public place
The former actress is now rarely seen in public.
They were seen kissing in public.
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The exhibition brings together more than sixty works, including those that have never been presented in public before.
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The city already has a curfew for people under 16 after 10 p.m. and after midnight for ages 16 to 18, meaning that youth cannot be unaccompanied in public after those hours.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2025
The Constitution guarantees the right to record police in public, but a point of contention in some states has been whether a civilian’s recording might interfere with the ability of officers to do their job.
—Jeff Martin, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
Others spoke Monday — employees at the Mad Butcher or the adjacent Watson Pharmacy or shoppers at the store that day — people who were physically uninjured but suffer from lasting trauma that keeps them from working or feeling safe in public anymore.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2025
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
The city already has a curfew for people under 16 after 10 p.m. and after midnight for ages 16 to 18, meaning that youth cannot be unaccompanied in public after those hours.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2025
The Constitution guarantees the right to record police in public, but a point of contention in some states has been whether a civilian’s recording might interfere with the ability of officers to do their job.
—Jeff Martin, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
Others spoke Monday — employees at the Mad Butcher or the adjacent Watson Pharmacy or shoppers at the store that day — people who were physically uninjured but suffer from lasting trauma that keeps them from working or feeling safe in public anymore.
—Arkansas Online, 4 Aug. 2025
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“In public.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20public. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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