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Recent Examples of open secret
Oil is an open secret, the shadow side of our petroleum-hungry moment.
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Hazlitt, 21 Aug. 2024
The matter of the photograph’s true authorship was, according to accounts in the film, an open secret among people who were there.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Even though China’s responsibility is an open secret, Western governments have struggled to deter the country from interfering on their soil.
—Cora Engelbrecht, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025
However, the administration does not want to wait that long before addressing Chinese tariff-evading transshipments that are open secrets across North America.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Hazlitt, 21 Aug. 2024
The matter of the photograph’s true authorship was, according to accounts in the film, an open secret among people who were there.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Even though China’s responsibility is an open secret, Western governments have struggled to deter the country from interfering on their soil.
—Cora Engelbrecht, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2025
However, the administration does not want to wait that long before addressing Chinese tariff-evading transshipments that are open secrets across North America.
—Jason Schenker, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for open secret
Noun
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Fortunately, that was now ancient history, which was also now on my mind a bit more.—
James Cordier,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The saga of the Shubert brothers was now consigned to ancient history — even though its scandalous denouement was quite recent history — and the current monarchs were not about to call attention to it.—
Frank Rich,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Open secret.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open%20secret. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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