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IN PUBLIC
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In a manner accessible to or observable by the public; openly
Example:
she admitted publicly to being a communist
Synonyms:
in public; publically; publicly
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Context examples:
Sheriff Lee said they arrested one person for urinating in public, technically indecent exposure.
(Millions don't turn up to 'storm' US airbase for extraterrestrial evidence, Wikinews)
I read of men concerned in public affairs, governing or massacring their species.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
Shall we argue about it here in public or talk it over in your parlour?
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Doctor of Public Health is an academic degree in public health.
(Doctor of Public Health, NCI Thesaurus)
Arsenic levels in public drinking water cannot exceed 10 parts per billion (ppb), which is the standard set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
(Low doses of arsenic cause cancer in male mice, NIH)
And Amy, who was very dignified in public and very fond in private, gave convincing proofs of the truth of her words.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
To prevent it: • Keep your feet clean, dry, and cool • Wear clean socks • Don't walk barefoot in public areas • Wear flip-flops in locker room showers • Keep your toenails clean and clipped short
(Athlete's Foot, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
The next day, came the news that the murder had not been overlooked, that the guilt of Hyde was patent to the world, and that the victim was a man high in public estimation.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
But when Catherine saw her in public, admitting Captain Tilney's attentions as readily as they were offered, and allowing him almost an equal share with James in her notice and smiles, the alteration became too positive to be passed over.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
I would entertain myself in forming and directing the minds of hopeful young men, by convincing them, from my own remembrance, experience, and observation, fortified by numerous examples, of the usefulness of virtue in public and private life.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
