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as in confidential
not known or meant to be known by the general populace
the reporter suspected there was a hush-hush reason why the company agreed to the deal
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as in clandestine
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
top-echelon diplomats met in a hush-hush conference in a last-ditch effort to head off an international crisis
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Recent Examples of hush-hush
Holden Seidlitz, who was in the crowd, reports on the finale of the singer’s hush-hush mini comeback tour.
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Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
5 June 2026
Curiously, another salamander, the snakelike siren, is a hush-hush bait in a few locations in the South, especially in Florida.
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Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
In the early 2000s, women used the democratized format of the blog to talk about previously hush-hush topics.
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Kristen Martin,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2026
The management team doesn’t want to give away too much too early and is keeping the menu hush-hush for now.
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Jenna Thompson
april 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2026
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Caroline Mimbs Nyce,
New Yorker,
5 June 2026
Curiously, another salamander, the snakelike siren, is a hush-hush bait in a few locations in the South, especially in Florida.
—
Byron W. Dalrymple,
Outdoor Life,
4 June 2026
In the early 2000s, women used the democratized format of the blog to talk about previously hush-hush topics.
—
Kristen Martin,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2026
The management team doesn’t want to give away too much too early and is keeping the menu hush-hush for now.
—
Jenna Thompson
april 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hush-hush
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All calls are toll-free and confidential.
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All calls will be kept confidential.
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That was a concern because other research has indicated the Chinese government has, at times, delayed public disclosure of vulnerabilities submitted to the program so they could later be used in clandestine cyberattacks.
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The screening usually focusses on clandestine hanky-panky, but this season the girls’ irreverence was so abundant that the producers treated them to an unprecedented second viewing night.
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Adding this recipe's not-so-secret ingredient, Bisquick, is a game changer for classic sausage balls.
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Martin Sheen is the Army captain tasked with going on a secret mission to Cambodia to assassinate a special forces officer (Marlon Brando) who's gone rogue and might actually be nuts.
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The case stemmed from a 2022 FBI undercover operation where agents posed as real estate developers interested in building a convention center hotel in downtown Jackson, the outlet reported.
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Following her cover story about going undercover as a high school student, Leibrock worked for SN&R a few more years before joining the staff at The Bee.
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Rodríguez also said the country’s entire public and private healthcare network had been activated to treat the injured, urging doctors, nurses and other medical personnel to report immediately to their workplaces.
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Delta Air Lines is metro Atlanta's largest private employer.
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Get Ready: Katy Perry Has Released a Sneak Peek of Her New Song And the internet has receipts.
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To achieve this, Israel employed airstrikes, cyberattacks, interdictions of weapons and covert action to impede Iran’s ability to resupply Hezbollah’s existing arsenal and supply it with more advanced weapons.
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After 1996, when the protease inhibitors were developed, the duty to warn continued to be an important standard when HIV status became more clinically covert.
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Inside, plans call for wet and dry research labs, teaching labs, collaboration areas, offices, instructional spaces and a 130‑space underground parking garage.
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Some experts — and Kennedy — argue that offering peptides through licensed compounding pharmacies would shrink this underground market and direct people toward safer products.
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“Hush-hush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hush-hush. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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