the obvious
noun
: something that is easy to understand or recognize
You are stating the obvious. Tell me something I don't already know.
Try to look beyond the obvious.
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Downplaying the obvious and searingly painful crime plaguing Chicago neighborhoods is unacceptable and dangerous.
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Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
What To Know Footage clearly showed how Sczczerek had grabbed the hat handed to the boy and squirreled it away in his wife's purse, despite the obvious distress of the child.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Nowadays, there are dozens of ways a celebrity can become an entrepreneur, but for many of them, teaming up with an experienced partner is the obvious path.
—Natalie Jarvey, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
The answers are more than the obvious ones.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
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Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
What To Know Footage clearly showed how Sczczerek had grabbed the hat handed to the boy and squirreled it away in his wife's purse, despite the obvious distress of the child.
—Chloe Mayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Nowadays, there are dozens of ways a celebrity can become an entrepreneur, but for many of them, teaming up with an experienced partner is the obvious path.
—Natalie Jarvey, Fortune, 1 Sep. 2025
The answers are more than the obvious ones.
—Maury Brown, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the obvious
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“The obvious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20obvious. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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