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public domain

NOUN
free rights to a property
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Many of those policies are in the public domain.

From Los Angeles Times

As the nation expanded, settlers, with the backing of the federal government and the military, seized the Indigenous land that would later be called the public domain.

From Salon

The only thing preventing the forecast entering the public domain currently may be a fear of looking like the Grinch that stole Christmas.

From The Wall Street Journal

Robinson also said the report largely regurgitated facts already in the public domain, citing the controversy of then-Deputy First Minister Michelle O'Neill at the funeral of Bobby Storey.

From BBC

Existing materials in the public domain mention a number of high-profile figures connected to Epstein.

From BBC