as in shroud
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
under the veil of descending darkness the thieves began their operation
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as in to conceal
to keep secret or shut off from view
a thicket of bushes veils the private beach from the road
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as in to shroud
to surround or cover closely
morning fog veiled the fields
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Recent Examples of veil
Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
The mayor’s credit card use was not wrapped in a veil of silence.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026
Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Like the Jim Crow combination cars, these curtains kept the dining car segregated, while also thinly veiling America’s commitment to separate and unequal.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
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Noun
What struck me most in Satrapi’s rendering of the veil—and of Islam itself—was her refusal to settle for the literal or flattened stereotypes that so often populate Western narratives.
—Literary Hub, 18 June 2026
The mayor’s credit card use was not wrapped in a veil of silence.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026
Verb
Decked out in her wedding dress and veil and clutching a bridal bouquet, Bethan Thomas rode the Coryton line of the South Wales Metro from Birchgrove to Penarth — about a half-hour journey — to get to her ceremony at Penarth Pier Pavilion on May 9.
—Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Like the Jim Crow combination cars, these curtains kept the dining car segregated, while also thinly veiling America’s commitment to separate and unequal.
—Literary Hub, 11 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for veil
Noun
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Silver and predatory birds aside, Silver and eagles aside, the shoe features a black leather and mesh region beneath the shroud with a red Jumpman.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
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But -- but the shroud has not come down.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 June 2026
Verb
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The defendants and their co-conspirators—which included tax, accounting and financial industry professionals, and law firms—worked to design, implement and defend the tax shelter transactions in ways intended to conceal the true facts and circumstances of the transactions from the IRS.—
Bruce Brumberg,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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One of the defendants, Daniel Sanchez Estrada, was convicted of corruptly concealing a document and conspiracy to conceal documents.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 June 2026
Verb
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This 12-inch pan is tri-ply, meaning an aluminum core is wrapped in dual layers of stainless steel.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
23 June 2026
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Silky tannins are wrapped around flavors of blackberry, black currant, crushed violet petal, and cherry, with a closing note of clove.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
23 June 2026
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Throughout premodern Europe, this is how she was known—the figure in the cloak with a stool on her back, walking to houses at all hours, day and night.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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Throughout history, kings, queens and other members of the royal family have donned luxurious fur stoles, floor-length fur coats, capes with mink trims and cloaks with ermine edges (that's weasel fur).—
Jennifer Hassan,
USA Today,
14 June 2026
Verb
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In fact, some are doing little to hide their skepticism – and, in some cases, outright frustration – with the memorandum of understanding, which White House officials hope to spin into a more lasting peace agreement and nuclear accord.—
Zachary Schermele,
USA Today,
20 June 2026
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The script hides serious moral and ethical conversations about fame, political violence, and powerful institutions amongst jokes about hashbrowns.—
Lorena O’Neil,
Rolling Stone,
20 June 2026
Verb
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The 30-year-old Seattle Sounders star was immediately enveloped in the game as a kid.—
Sean Neumann,
PEOPLE,
19 June 2026
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An extraordinary tiredness envelops my bones, rendering my senses into mush.—
Joseph Trinidad,
Longreads,
16 June 2026
Noun
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The post included a picture of a baby’s feet poking out from a blanket.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2026
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The post showed an image of a baby's hands and feet in a blue blanket suggesting that Ohtani has a son to go with his daughter who was born in April 2025.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 June 2026
Verb
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The irony is a bit hard to ignore — the very environment being modified to protect or maintain beaches was simultaneously obscuring the ecological processes happening just offshore.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2026
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And what’s a novelist but a fence, furnishing imaginary scenes with choice pieces of reality while obscuring their provenance?—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
22 June 2026
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“Veil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/veil. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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