in plain sight
Example Sentences
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Parker describes West Hollywood as a place where history is hidden in plain sight.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Scientists are using AI to accelerate the search for treatments for neurological conditions that may be hiding in plain sight.
From BBC • May 22, 2026
Most famously, the boring charge was levied on Tim Duncan, the low-key big man who hid in plain sight as he assembled a Hall of Fame career and his San Antonio Spurs won five rings.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
The gap between Brent and dated Brent is an information advantage hiding in plain sight.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026
Louis Lépine and Alphonse Bertillon had missed the lesson of the very first detective story: In Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Purloined Letter,” the suspect hides a scandalous letter in plain sight.
From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day
