How to Use the public in a Sentence

the public

noun
  • No, the event is not open to the public for this visit.
    Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Howard worried that the truth might soon be out of the public reach.
    Michael S. Williamson, Washington Post, 22 June 2024
  • People from the public tried to come too and the city came down hard on me.
    Jim Weiker, The Enquirer, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Although the tents are set to the side of the street, they’re still exposed to the public at all hours.
    Diego Nicolás Argüello, Pitchfork, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Drag isn't what alarmists are trying to tell the public.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • In 2020, as the pandemic gained steam, the Capitol was closed to the public for over a year.
    Sean Maguire, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The event is free and open to the public, according to a news release.
    Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2023
  • This once-a-year event is kid-friendly and open to all members of the public.
    Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the air district said, the public had full access to the park.
    Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The app, which raised $1.65 million in pre-seed funding, will launch to the public this fall.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The event was open to the public, but on the guest list was a list of cool girls in Paris for all the festivities.
    Sam Sussman, Vogue, 22 June 2024
  • Members of the public were given one minute each to speak.
    Lily Altavena, Detroit Free Press, 18 Jan. 2024
  • The state seized control of the park and sealed off access to the public and federal agents.
    Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Mondavi’s style of Sauvignon Blanc was a hit with the public, and the Fumé Blanc endures.
    Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2024
  • The suspects’ main aim was to sway the Admiralty and the public.
    David Grann, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Members of the public can RSVP to attend through the gallery's website.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Those charged with protecting wildlife and the public know this.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Mar. 2024
  • And those are just the examples that are easiest for the public to make some sense of.
    Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The daughter of Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, the 20-year-old has largely kept out of the public eye.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The facility is open to the public throughout the year.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Available to the public, one in five users is a clinician.
    Spencer Dorn, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The shoreline was preserved, and the lighthouse fully restored and opened to the public.
    Dorothy Wickenden, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2023
  • In Wisconsin, the election process is open to the public to observe.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The Gateways program promotes a network of bay sites to the public.
    Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
  • My job would be what the public assume a director does on a show.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2023
  • Due to the sensitive nature of the habitat, the property will not be open to the public.
    Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The exact timing of the pandas' arrival to the zoo on Tuesday was not at first announced to the public, for the safety of the bears and the staff.
    T. Michelle Murphy, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The concert is set to begin at 7 p.m. Tickets are available to the public now at Ticketmaster.com.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Those performances are tourist events geared toward the public, as villagers march during the daytime along the town’s main road.
    Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
  • This redevelopment will open much of the building’s interior to the public for the first time in decades.
    Jane Levere, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024

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