out in the open
Example Sentences
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Instead of planting berry bushes out in the open, as is often done in the U.S., it decided to grow them in greenhouses using water systems that couldn’t be contaminated by nearby farms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
“You don’t expect to have a governor do something so under-handed as this, and now that it’s out in the open, there’s no shame about it,” she told me.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
But now it's out in the open, and he knows he has work to do to turn his season around in terms of pace.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
In other words, everything here is happening out in the open.
From Slate ● Mar. 31, 2026
At last, the true story of Phineas Gage is out in the open.
From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman
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