in plain sight
Americanidiom
Example Sentences
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Beyond liver fibrosis, the research also demonstrates how phenotype-based screening can reveal powerful and unexpected drug partnerships that may be hiding in plain sight.
From Science Daily
The solution to Australia's problem of replacing David Warner was sitting in plain sight with a mullet and bristly Australian moustache.
From BBC
“The Boy Next Door,” which Garland made famous in the 1944 film “Meet Me in St. Louis,” tells a tale of heterosexual longing hiding in plain sight.
From Los Angeles Times
Couriers are also only paid if a package is delivered and a photograph is taken - which is supposed to mean giving it to the customer, a neighbour, or finding a safe place, and not leaving it in plain sight outside the delivery address.
From BBC
New covert technologies don’t just empower local agents hiding in plain sight.
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