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in plain sight

[in pleyn sahyt] / ɪn ˈpleɪn ˈsaɪt /


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Hiding in plain sight, all along?

From Literature

At a March 4 investor conference, he acknowledged that “the inflection that we’re seeing here also sat in plain sight for quite a long time, and it’s basically the ability for AI to use files, access files and use tools.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Hiding in plain sight that night, among the patrons scattered throughout the museum, was photographer and activist Nan Goldin, along with several members of her advocacy group, P.A.I.N.

From Salon

Ben Sasse is dying in plain sight.

From The Wall Street Journal

It makes me see the past two years in a slightly different way—like those optical illusions where you’re so sure you’re looking at a picture of an old lady with a long chin and nothing else, but then you shift your eyes the littlest bit and there’s a young woman with a hat and a choker around her neck, right there in plain sight.

From Literature