public knowledge
noun
: something that people know because it has been reported in the news
His legal problems are a matter of public knowledge.
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The Signal group chat between Waltz and other officials became public knowledge after reporter Jeffrey Goldberg was mistakenly added to their ongoing conversation.
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 2 May 2025
But Texas Tech basketball star JT Toppin and quarterback Carson Beck, who transferred from Georgia to Miami, are just two examples from this year of player pay levels becoming public knowledge.
—Sam Khan Jr., New York Times, 1 May 2025
And really just knowing that fact, which wouldn’t become public knowledge until 2002, cast her interactions with Merle and her correspondence with Merle in a completely different light.
—Hazlitt, 30 Apr. 2025
Business leaders should assume that consumers can easily challenge everything and that even trade secrets can become public knowledge.
—Wayne Elsey, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
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Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 2 May 2025
But Texas Tech basketball star JT Toppin and quarterback Carson Beck, who transferred from Georgia to Miami, are just two examples from this year of player pay levels becoming public knowledge.
—Sam Khan Jr., New York Times, 1 May 2025
And really just knowing that fact, which wouldn’t become public knowledge until 2002, cast her interactions with Merle and her correspondence with Merle in a completely different light.
—Hazlitt, 30 Apr. 2025
Business leaders should assume that consumers can easily challenge everything and that even trade secrets can become public knowledge.
—Wayne Elsey, Forbes.com, 28 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for public knowledge
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“Public knowledge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/public%20knowledge. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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