in broad daylight
idiom
: during the day when people and things can be easily seen rather than at night
The crime was committed in broad daylight.
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Milwaukee police say an 18-year-old was stabbed to death in broad daylight near the Mitchell Park Domes.
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025
This theft of our hearts is taking place in broad daylight.
—Gary Greenberg, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Located on the border of the Artibonite and Northwest regions of Haiti, Bassin-Bleu became the latest rural community to come under gang attack Thursday when more than 50 gunmen targeted residents in broad daylight.
—Ychmuth Corneille, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
For a week now, late-night television has been riding the ripples of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative political activist killed in broad daylight at a rally in Utah.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2025
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 29 Sep. 2025
This theft of our hearts is taking place in broad daylight.
—Gary Greenberg, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Located on the border of the Artibonite and Northwest regions of Haiti, Bassin-Bleu became the latest rural community to come under gang attack Thursday when more than 50 gunmen targeted residents in broad daylight.
—Ychmuth Corneille, Miami Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
For a week now, late-night television has been riding the ripples of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old conservative political activist killed in broad daylight at a rally in Utah.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2025
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“In broad daylight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20broad%20daylight. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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