public domain

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“I had thought these were our deepest secrets, the things we kept entirely for each other,” she thinks, but by some grievous betrayal they have entered the public domain.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

But the widespread internet outages, a slowing economy and rising prices have seen discontent trickle into the public domain in recent weeks.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Meanwhile, the Bible bursts with globally familiar stories, all of which are in the public domain.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

Anthropic and the DoD spent weeks negotiating revised contract language, with the row spilling into the public domain in February.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

Congress effectively outlawed their communal property, passing vast acreages into the public domain, tracts which then suddenly wound up in the hands of large American ranching enterprises like the Devine Company.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols