(as) plain as day

idiom

: very obvious
The answer is (as) plain as day.

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That was plain as day on the pin-and-pull from a trips formation in which D’Andre Swift got outside and raced 39 yards for a touchdown, with left tackle Braxton Jones flattening safety Evan Williams in space to spring the running back. Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2024 Call it stochastic terrorism, ordered through the public channels of the Internet rather than through hidden networks, deniable even when its true causes are as plain as day. Justin E. H. Smith, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 2020 Baker pushes the comedy, but, just as with Ani, the injustice of it all is plain as day. Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024 None of that rests on wild speculation or projection — these are plain as day plans, as readily laid out by Trump himself. New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 1 May 2024 The evidence is plain as day in Musk’s own public actions. Oliver Darcy, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024 DeSantis told Benson the contrast between his leadership and Biden's was plain as day. Fox News, 30 Mar. 2022 So, with energy prices set to dwarf the benefits rise by 18-fold – the cold hard maths are as plain as day. Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2022 That comes through plain as day in Marist/ PBS polling: back in October of 2021, 50% of Republicans said Trump represented the best chance of winning in 2024; a post-Election Day poll from Marist/ PBS has Trump’s support with that same audience dropping to 35%. Philip Elliott, Time, 29 Nov. 2022

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