How to Use in plain sight in a Sentence
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These codes hide in plain sight, too.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Aug. 2025
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When things are good, the risk hides in plain sight.
—Jason Bahnak, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
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The truth was hiding in plain sight.
—Max Gao, Variety, 11 Aug. 2025
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This was hiding in plain sight.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
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The murder in plain sight is a tricky one.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 23 Jan. 2026
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This type of bias often hides in plain sight.
—Chris Stevens, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Oct. 2025
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Most have been hiding in plain sight.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 10 Aug. 2025
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And then hide in plain sight, is number two.
—Chelsea Torres, FOXNews.com, 2 Apr. 2026
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That record turned out to be hiding in plain sight.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
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The fish latched on at the surface, in plain sight.
—Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
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Often, spring decor will be hiding in plain sight.
—Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 16 Mar. 2026
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Well, then the prize is also hiding in plain sight.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 13 Nov. 2025
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Just don’t expect to hide in plain sight in these head turners.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
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Sometimes good work is hiding in plain sight.
—Grace Byron, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
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The answer is hiding in plain sight.
—David S. Ludwig, STAT, 9 Apr. 2026
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These tiny, plant-feeding arachnids hide in plain sight.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
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These people are hiding in plain sight.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
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In brief, the issues are broad and wide, yet hiding in plain sight.
—Time, 22 Aug. 2023
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Roll your window down and keep your hands on the steering wheel in plain sight.
—Richard Boykin, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2024
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But the film dresses her way, way down and nearly hides her in plain sight.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 12 July 2024
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This slot, then, is a place for parents to hide their values in plain sight.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2024
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These vape pens look like school supplies — and they’re being used in plain sight.
—USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
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But nobody told me there was a mall hidden in plain sight in uptown.
—Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 21 July 2025
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The comedy comes from the fact that much of this occurs in plain sight.
—Elena Saavedra Buckley, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024
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Keep valuables out of your vehicle or do not leave them in plain sight.
—Teri Webster, Dallas News, 27 Dec. 2022
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Perhaps this answer has been hiding in plain sight all along!
—Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 31 May 2024
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But one of the most explosive trades of the year is hiding in plain sight.
—Moneyshow, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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His laptop and iPad were in plain sight, but his phone was hidden.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2023
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The very, very clear moment was after the murder in plain sight.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2025
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Rinna’s last act as a traitor was to murder a faithful in plain sight.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 3 Feb. 2026
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