How to Use the general public in a Sentence

the general public

noun
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  • The building is slated to open to the general public in the spring of 2025.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
  • From people like the nurse in Ohio, to the general public?
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2023
  • All are renowned in the business, but some are less well-known to the general public.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2023
  • All are renowned in the business, but some are less well known to the general public.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 30 Dec. 2023
  • But it is not known by the general public — as The Great Gatsby, say, is.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 July 2024
  • The rose group was established in 2000 and is open to the general public.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Tickets for the tour go on sale to the general public on May 17 at 10 a.m. local time.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 10 May 2024
  • Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Dec. 15 at 10 a.m.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Tickets for the Newark gigs will go on sale to the general public March 8 at 10 a.m. local time.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The sale, announced Wednesday, runs from May 8 to May 14 for the general public.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2024
  • Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. March 8, kaceymusgraves.com/tour.
    — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. March 11, livenation.com.
    — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Two-thirds of those who have served on a jury are over 50, compared with less than half of the general public.
    — Ruth Igielnik, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The single can given to Mulvaney was not for sale to the general public.
    — Jordan Valinsky, CNN, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Most of the general public knows Boeing as the company to usher in the jet age.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 18 July 2024
  • Alcohol won’t be sold to the general public at the Summer Olympics in Paris in 2024.
    — oregonlive, 29 June 2023
  • Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Feb. 12, livenation.com.
    — Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • To most of the general public, short films are just the spanner that’ll always mess up your Oscars pool.
    — Jada Yuan, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Tickets for the show go on sale at 1 p.m. Monday for vault members and 2 p.m. for the general public.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 29 Oct. 2024
  • Tickets for the tour go on sale to the general public this Friday (April 21) at 9 a.m. local time.
    — Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Our current assessment of the risk to the general public health is low.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 3 May 2024
  • Last month’s announcement appeared to come out of the blue — to the general public and in many cases, the golfers themselves.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2023
  • Tickets go on sale to the general public on March 1 at 10 a.m. local time via OutlawMusicFestival.com.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. on Monday, March 11.
    — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Tickets will go on sale to the general public this Friday, April 5.
    — Dave Brooks, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Except for the spring game, practice sessions for the most part are expected to be closed to the general public.
    — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2024
  • The question of leaded gasoline’s health risks to the general public was a known unknown.
    — Steven Johnson, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Single-game tickets go on sale to the general public on Aug. 8.
    — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2023
  • Tickets go on sale to the general public on July 25 through cirquedusoleil.com/twas-the-night-before.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2024
  • Tickets for all of the Def Leppard/Journey tour dates will go on sale to the general public Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. local time at ticketmaster.com.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Dec. 2023

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