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Synonyms

go public

Idioms  

  1. Become a publicly held company, that is, issue ownership shares in the form of stock. For example, As soon as the company grows a little bigger and begins to show a profit, we intend to go public. [Mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

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“It’s something that we’ve been at, in the trenches, for months. We started preparations around seven or eight months ago and once you decide to go public, that’s the goal.”

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Seven years after launching its first Starlink internet satellite, SpaceX is preparing to go public and could command a sky-high valuation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is expected to soon file confidentially with regulators and go public in June, while artificial-intelligence labs OpenAI and Anthropic are reportedly targeting fourth-quarter IPOs.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

But they maintained the students were right to go public about the challenges they faced due to a shortage of permanent staff.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

As Netscape began to grow, they reached out to Barksdale for guidance and insight into how best to go public.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

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