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public knowledge

NOUN
open secret
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After seeing Wardex’s extensive footage of alien life and the lengths they’ve gone to cover it up, Daniel is certain that all of it must be public knowledge, though even he isn’t quite sure why.

From Salon Jun. 13, 2026

The suit states that "despite public knowledge of ChatGPT's use by minors, including preteens, defendants have not taken steps to prevent their use of ChatGPT."

From Barron's Jun. 1, 2026

Sir Keir insisted there was no pressure from Downing Street to push through the appointment of the former Labour minister, whose links to Epstein were public knowledge at the time.

From BBC Apr. 20, 2026

And later: Reuters published a very long story “revealing” Banksy’s real name—which, Felix will tell you, has been public knowledge since 2008.

From Slate Mar. 21, 2026

What made the Scientific Revolution, Latour argues, is not the experimental method, or commercial society—both had been around for centuries—but the printing press, which turned private information into public knowledge, private experience into communal experience.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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