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Recent Examples of open secret
For the better part of a decade, Beijing’s approach to digital copyright was an open secret: grow at all costs.
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Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
This was an open secret, reported at the time and arising even in Moyers’s documentary.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
The outlet noted this was an open secret in most Hollywood circles.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
In recent weeks, Ramaswamy's gubernatorial aspirations have been an open secret.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Vivian Toh, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
This was an open secret, reported at the time and arising even in Moyers’s documentary.
—Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2025
The outlet noted this was an open secret in most Hollywood circles.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
In recent weeks, Ramaswamy's gubernatorial aspirations have been an open secret.
—Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for open secret
ancient history
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But the program does have a history of making the national championship game, and not ancient history.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
11 Nov. 2025
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Abercrombie & Kent Its combination of traditional and modern architecture, and ancient history and pop culture, has made Japan one of the most appealing cruise destinations in Asia—not least because so much of it is accessible by water.—
Fran Golden,
AFAR Media,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Open secret.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open%20secret. Accessed 25 Nov. 2025.
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