in broad daylight
idiom
: during the day when people and things can be easily seen rather than at night
The crime was committed in broad daylight.
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When the stand was stolen by a man in a truck in broad daylight, Flores was among those who stepped in to help, Ciampoli said.
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Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
In Washington in March 2022, a then-31-year-old man named Johnwann Elliott gunned down 37-year-old Nikia Young in broad daylight at a bus stop, according to the Justice Department.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The shooting comes within 24 hours of at least three other fatal shooting incidents in Minneapolis, including a mass shooting Tuesday afternoon in which one person died and six were injured when a gunman opened fire in broad daylight at people standing on a sidewalk.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Many agents continue to be masked, to drive unmarked vehicles, to conduct snatch-and-grab arrests in broad daylight, and to answer absolutely no questions.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
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Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
In Washington in March 2022, a then-31-year-old man named Johnwann Elliott gunned down 37-year-old Nikia Young in broad daylight at a bus stop, according to the Justice Department.
—Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The shooting comes within 24 hours of at least three other fatal shooting incidents in Minneapolis, including a mass shooting Tuesday afternoon in which one person died and six were injured when a gunman opened fire in broad daylight at people standing on a sidewalk.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
Many agents continue to be masked, to drive unmarked vehicles, to conduct snatch-and-grab arrests in broad daylight, and to answer absolutely no questions.
—Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in broad daylight
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“In broad daylight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20broad%20daylight. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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