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Unsustainable Tuition Discounting The industry's open secret: private colleges now discount tuition by a record 56%, according to NACUBO's latest report.
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Scott White, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
But behind the confident marketing is an open secret: There’s no consensus on what an AI agent actually is.
—Karthik Sj, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
September Dawn Bottoms for NBC News After years of calls to local authorities, the women’s allegations against Campbell became an open secret among law enforcement in Webster County.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 12 May 2025
The use of backing tracks is an open secret among many performers; last summer, footage of Frankie Valli, at 90, barely keeping up with his backing track, caused a brief viral scandal.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
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Scott White, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
But behind the confident marketing is an open secret: There’s no consensus on what an AI agent actually is.
—Karthik Sj, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
September Dawn Bottoms for NBC News After years of calls to local authorities, the women’s allegations against Campbell became an open secret among law enforcement in Webster County.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 12 May 2025
The use of backing tracks is an open secret among many performers; last summer, footage of Frankie Valli, at 90, barely keeping up with his backing track, caused a brief viral scandal.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for open secret
ancient history
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Just two miles in circumference, this small island has everything travelers to Italy crave: charming cobblestone streets and Baroque-style piazzas, ancient history around every corner, endless views of the sparkling sea, and fresh Sicilian-style seafood.—
Michele Becker,
Travel + Leisure,
4 Aug. 2025
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Dead recommendations and empty skills Recommendations from 2018 might as well be ancient history.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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