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The phrase "at plain" is not correct and usable in written English.
It seems to be a misinterpretation or a truncation of a more common phrase.
Example: "The instructions were laid out at plain sight for everyone to see."
Alternatives: "in plain view" or "in clear sight."
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Falai is as adept at plain as at fancy.
Breakfast followed at plain wooden tables in the guests' eating area.
Most people eat standing up at plain white linoleum counters in a squat, industrial-style brick building.
And the stated goals, at plain sight, appeared to represent a significant shift from the organization's previous thinking.
Here, Fielding proves himself highly capable at plain old audience interaction: he's generous, authoritative, cheeky without being abusive.
Ministers should back Nice on smoking in hospitals – but they should also look again at plain packaging to wean us off this habit altogether.
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Their attempt at at plain-clothes attire — dark coats, black caps, and stiff blue jeans — has become an identifying uniform at opposition events.
Rick McMichael, senior director of pipeline operations at Plains All American Pipeline, said the company will comply with the order.
I ate at its plain wood tables regularly.
At 5 30 p.m. at The Plain Dealer, the editors realized that the power would not return.
Why would a Savoy princeling want to own such an image, at best plain and demotic, at worst seditious?
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