in plain sight

idiom

chiefly US
: in a place that is easily seen
He carried his gun in plain sight.

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Wasserman’s goopy, opaque pieces hide their subjects in plain sight—silver and gold lines across bronze horizons. Grace Byron, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025 Like many of the telltale clues that will help Blanc solve the case, the resemblance is hiding in plain sight. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025 Yet hidden in plain sight is one of the region’s most affordable luxuries. David Nikel, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 His captor, Chris, fits the trope of the monster hiding in plain sight. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for in plain sight

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“In plain sight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20plain%20sight. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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