make public

phrase

: disclose
None of those disagreements were made public.

Examples of make public in a Sentence

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Szabo and the city’s chief legislative analyst have asked for the list of contractors to be made public. — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026 Prosecutors filed the case under seal, meaning investigation details would not be made public. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026 The circumstances of his departure — the years of Chinese contacts, the nude pictures at the Fed — were not made public. — Eamon Javers, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2026 Ivanna Ortiz appeared in court and pleaded not guilty to all 14 counts in the new indictment, which was made public one day after she was found competent to stand trial. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for make public

Word History

First Known Use

1657, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of make public was in 1657

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“Make public.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20public. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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