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in public

Idioms  
  1. Openly, open to public view or access. For example, They've never appeared together in public. [c. 1450] For an antonym, see in private.


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Until recently, AI messaging from the business and tech elite in public has been largely focused on the benefits to economic growth, innovation and, naturally, bottom lines.

From The Wall Street Journal

Yet, in public, he defended it as necessary for cutting all ties with America.

From The Wall Street Journal

His image is plastered on billboards in public spaces and his photograph is ubiquitous in shops.

From BBC

She’s the daughter of Kim Jong Un, the third-generation leader of North Korea—and the only one of the dictator’s children to have ever been shown in public.

From The Wall Street Journal

She experiences motor twitches, such as jaw jerks, vocal tics and coprolalia - involuntarily using obscene or offensive language - which she says can be "embarrassing" when she's in public.

From BBC