How to Use publicly in a Sentence
publicly
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- The policies have been publicly approved.
- She very publicly acknowledged her mistake.
- The information is publicly available.
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Both of them have publicly vowed to remain in the race.
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Will McDuffie,
ABC News,
17 Jan. 2024
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At the time, de Rossi had not yet publicly come out as a lesbian.
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Virginia Chamlee,
Peoplemag,
16 Aug. 2024
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The names of all three men are not being publicly released because of their ages at the time of the crime.
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Heran Mamo,
Billboard,
13 May 2023
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His views on whether the U.S. should regain control of the canal are not publicly known.
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Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
26 Dec. 2024
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And a lot of those players aren’t afraid to voice that desire publicly.
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The Indianapolis Star,
19 Apr. 2023
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Her death prompted mass protests across the country, with some publicly calling for the end of the regime.
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Anna Gordon,
TIME,
20 May 2024
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The company has so far not identified the source of the leak, at least publicly.
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Mansee Khurana,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2024
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In the past, the Les Misérables actress has shared her support publicly for a third film.
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Carly Thomas,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Dec. 2022
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Since Rachel’s rise to fame, she’s publicly raved about her husband.
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Jessica Vacco-Bolaños,
Peoplemag,
28 July 2024
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Schumer, who has publicly backed Biden, would be the most senior Democrat to call for Biden to step aside.
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David Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
17 July 2024
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The Holt interview would publicly set the tone for Harris’s first two years.
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Astead W. Herndon,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2023
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This raises the question of whether the campaign has the rights, owned by 20th Century Fox, to use the song publicly.
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Caroline Frost,
Deadline,
10 Aug. 2024
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With Creighton in the fold, the eight-team field was publicly unveiled in mid-June, but certitude would still be a ways off.
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Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
23 Sep. 2024
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Haven chose to lead during the pandemic, fighting publicly for the needs of its clients.
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Renae Gregoire,
Forbes,
21 Nov. 2024
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Chick-fil-A is private and doesn’t publicly share sales figures.
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Danielle Wiener-Bronner,
CNN,
15 Feb. 2023
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Farren played it publicly for the first time that night at The Listening Room in Nashville.
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Tom Roland,
Billboard,
20 Mar. 2024
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Israel has not publicly acknowledged a role in the blasts.
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Jane Arraf,
NPR,
23 Sep. 2024
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The pair publicly split less than two years after tying the knot in September 2020.
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Natalia Senanayake,
Peoplemag,
1 Feb. 2024
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The identity of the woman who was killed hasn't been publicly released.
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Dennis Romero,
NBC News,
9 Apr. 2023
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Since then, the likes of Rod Stewart have also come out publicly against Wallace.
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Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
2 Dec. 2024
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Ice Cube didn’t comment publicly on the reports, or his decision to depart from the film, at the time.
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Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
22 Nov. 2022
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The point, though, is that its role is often overstated, at least publicly.
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The Arizona Republic,
19 Apr. 2023
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The new voice assistant will be publicly available in the coming weeks.
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Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
20 May 2024
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The indictment was sealed, which means the specific charge or charges are not publicly known.
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Jacqueline Alemany,
Washington Post,
31 Mar. 2023
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Now that he is charged, will Trump be publicly arrested?
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Perry Stein,
Anchorage Daily News,
31 Mar. 2023
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No one has come out to publicly challenge Johnson for speaker.
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Soo Rin Kim,
ABC News,
1 Jan. 2025
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After publicly announcing her diagnosis on March 22, the aforementioned Sept. 9 video confirmed that the Princess of Wales had finished chemotherapy treatment.
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Rachel Burchfield,
People.com,
1 Jan. 2025
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