open secret

noun

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as in ancient history

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Recent Examples of open secret But McDaniel said Strauss' behavior had been an open secret for years. — CBS News, 4 June 2026 How online sleuths impact reality TV The open secret of reality TV is that the producers control the narrative. — Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 1 June 2026 But the open secret is that, much as theoretical physicists cannot change a tire to save their lives, most AI researchers can’t so much as write a single line of C++. — Sheon Han, Wired News, 11 May 2026 Advertisement The futility of negotiations is now an open secret. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 7 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for open secret
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ancient history
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  • Add in the private shoreline, epic Aegean sunsets and Athens' ancient history just beyond, and Aesthesis delivers the full Riviera fairytale—with the perfect design edit.
    — Stephanie Orma, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • For anyone with a basic knowledge of ancient history, there were red flags aplenty.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of ancient history

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“Open secret.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/open%20secret. Accessed 3 Sep. 2026.

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