How to Use let (someone) in on (something) in a Sentence
let (someone) in on (something)
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Now the rest of the country is being let in on the secret.
—Chris Hewitt, Star Tribune, 1 Apr. 2021
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Outside of the folks who needed to know, who was (and wasn’t) let in on the joke?
—Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Apr. 2022
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But that leaves many PC gamers wondering when they'll be let in on the fun.
—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 13 Sep. 2022
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If that were ever true equity traders were never let in on the scheme.
—The Economist, 11 July 2020
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My four-year-old son was shocked and thrilled — like he was let in on a secret — when David beheaded Goliath.
—Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 23 Dec. 2020
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But, if she’s let in on what happened and allowed to laugh about it with you, hey, she’s gone from an almost friend to an actual friend!
—Lizzy Acker, oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2023
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But e was also let in on the formula of the rain-inducing chemicals.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2022
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The 41-year-old shares that The Real co-hosts were let in on the decision and participated in the interviewing process.
—Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 20 Sep. 2020
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Others believe they are being let in on a savvy investment.
—Bart Ziegler, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
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Tickets do not guarantee entry — people are let in on a first-come, first-serve basis.
—Kaila White, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2020
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But before everyone was let in on the great news, Mina told Steve in an unexpected way, which involved bacon.
—Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 1 Mar. 2021
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The movie adds an extended coda, new since Broadway: Now, Evan atones for his actions, and everyone’s let in on the deception, not just an inner circle of the betrayed.
—Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2021
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There’s nothing better than being let in on a secret sale, especially one that both results in deals on Simon Miller platforms and a Staud bucket bag and gives back to a good cause.
—Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 11 Aug. 2020
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Reading Leda’s thoughts, to Gyllenhaal, felt almost like being let in on a secret: A woman could in fact be neither a good mother nor a bad mother, but something in between.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2022
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Particularly effective are the ways in which certain moments are informatively, revealingly replayed once we’re let in on the extent of Tom and Patrick’s clandestine romance.
—Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2022
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Inspecting the talismanic construction—which is just twenty-two inches tall—is like being let in on a secret, discovering little hideaways and spying alchemical vials of soil.
—Andrea K. Scott, The New Yorker, 3 July 2021
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