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NL888 Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Does " in plain view" mean "in broad daylight"?

Context:

China's Publication Bazaar

Summary

Science has exposed a thriving academic black market in China involving shady agencies, corrupt scientists, and compromised editors—many of them operating in plain view. The commodity: papers in journals indexed by Thomson Reuters' Science Citation Index, Thomson Reuters' Social Sciences Citation Index, and Elsevier's Engineering Index.

More:
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6162/1035.summary
  

Top answer

In a figurative meaning of "in broad daylight", yes.

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  • In a figurative meaning of "in broad daylight", yes.
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In a figurative meaning of "in broad daylight", yes.
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