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plain

[pleyn] / pleɪn /








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The gap between Brent and dated Brent is an information advantage hiding in plain sight.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 16, 2026

“The courts are wearing blinders and just focusing on the plain language of the statute. It’s a textual analysis,” he says.

From Barron's • Apr. 15, 2026

Further evidence that migrant mercenaries operate within the Evros region is provided by a photo we have been shown of a group of masked men in plain clothes inside a van.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

While the intent may have been to show that extremism can hide in plain sight, the effect, critics of the stories argued, was normalization.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

It was because they were silent and still, and my brain knew that that was unusual and just plain not right.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan




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