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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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These memes, of course, feel like ancient history and are in internet years — not heard or used in web communities or in real life very much or at all anymore.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Oct. 2025
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Fifty-three years later, Dolphins fans continue searching and waiting for another reason to celebrate something about their team that isn’t ancient history.—
Greg Cote
October 9,
Miami Herald,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Open secret.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open%20secret. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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