How to Use publicly in a Sentence

publicly

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  • The policies have been publicly approved.
  • She very publicly acknowledged her mistake.
  • The information is publicly available.
  • Both of them have publicly vowed to remain in the race.
    Will McDuffie, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2024
  • At the time, de Rossi had not yet publicly come out as a lesbian.
    Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The names of all three men are not being publicly released because of their ages at the time of the crime.
    Heran Mamo, Billboard, 13 May 2023
  • And a lot of those players aren’t afraid to voice that desire publicly.
    The Indianapolis Star, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Her death prompted mass protests across the country, with some publicly calling for the end of the regime.
    Anna Gordon, TIME, 20 May 2024
  • The company has so far not identified the source of the leak, at least publicly.
    Mansee Khurana, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Since Rachel’s rise to fame, she’s publicly raved about her husband.
    Jessica Vacco-Bolaños, Peoplemag, 28 July 2024
  • Schumer, who has publicly backed Biden, would be the most senior Democrat to call for Biden to step aside.
    David Goldiner, New York Daily News, 17 July 2024
  • The Holt interview would publicly set the tone for Harris’s first two years.
    Astead W. Herndon, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
  • This raises the question of whether the campaign has the rights, owned by 20th Century Fox, to use the song publicly.
    Caroline Frost, Deadline, 10 Aug. 2024
  • With Creighton in the fold, the eight-team field was publicly unveiled in mid-June, but certitude would still be a ways off.
    Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Haven chose to lead during the pandemic, fighting publicly for the needs of its clients.
    Renae Gregoire, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Chick-fil-A is private and doesn’t publicly share sales figures.
    Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Farren played it publicly for the first time that night at The Listening Room in Nashville.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2024
  • Israel has not publicly acknowledged a role in the blasts.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 Sep. 2024
  • The pair publicly split less than two years after tying the knot in September 2020.
    Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The identity of the woman who was killed hasn't been publicly released.
    Dennis Romero, NBC News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Since then, the likes of Rod Stewart have also come out publicly against Wallace.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The point, though, is that its role is often overstated, at least publicly.
    The Arizona Republic, 19 Apr. 2023
  • The new voice assistant will be publicly available in the coming weeks.
    Bobby Allyn, NPR, 20 May 2024
  • The indictment was sealed, which means the specific charge or charges are not publicly known.
    Jacqueline Alemany, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Now that he is charged, will Trump be publicly arrested?
    Perry Stein, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The entertainment world is full of stars who have publicly given their life to Christ.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2024
  • These are just a few of more than 1,000 publicly available ALEC model policies.
    Lisa B. Nelson, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Multiple people publicly praised the group’s work before the vote.
    Blake Nelson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The impulse to open their home and share their art publicly felt like a natural extension of the culture around them.
    Max McCormack, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 June 2023
  • The player is not being named by The Times because they haven’t publicly identified as transgender.
    Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Dec. 2024

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