publicly

adverb

pub·​lic·​ly ˈpə-bli-klē How to pronounce publicly (audio)
variants or less commonly publically
1
: in a manner observable by or in a place accessible to the public : openly
2
a
: by the people generally
b
: by a government

Examples of publicly in a Sentence

She very publicly acknowledged her mistake. The information is publicly available. The policies have been publicly approved.
Recent Examples on the Web Iran blames Israel for the airstrike; Israel has not publicly acknowledged its role in the attack. Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024 Her data set is 0.4 percent of the size of the largest publicly available English training data set. Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2024 The Indiana Department of Health brought privacy concerns about the publicly available reports to the state's public access counselor, who released a letter in December concluding that they should be withheld from the public. Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Apr. 2024 The Israeli government hasn’t publicly acknowledged the strike. Mallory Moench, TIME, 12 Apr. 2024 Lawmakers did not publicly discuss the report or take up its recommendations. Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024 The attack in Damascus – which the Israeli government has yet to acknowledge publicly – was a dramatic turn in the long-running shadow war between Israel and Iran. Javed Ali, The Conversation, 11 Apr. 2024 Even Netanyahu’s political rivals have refrained from publicly discussing the two-state solution since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024 These datasets are largely scraped from the internet, social media and other publicly available information. Dan Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of publicly was in 1534

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“Publicly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/publicly. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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