Examples of dirty little secret in a Sentence
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There’s a dirty little secret in finance—and maybe even in your own organization: A lot of planning is happening in Excel spreadsheets, a technology that’s roughly 40 years old.
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Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
Quotas remain a 'dirty little secret' for some departments
As more states outlaw quotas, Snider said expectations in law enforcement have dramatically changed.
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N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
The dirty little secret about the NHL, however, is that great teams fundamentally aren’t built on draft day.
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Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
The dirty little secret most insiders either don’t realize or do not want to admit is that the entire TV eco-system rests on the shoulders of these networks.
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Ted Linhart,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
The dirty little secret is that very few of the 130 FBS athletic departments operate in the black when factoring total revenues, expenses and debt service.
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Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
Belts shouldn’t be your dirty little secret anymore.
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Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Kuzma may have just revealed a dirty little secret about how to guard the University of Kentucky product.
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Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
For easy debris pickup, the Shark HydroVac MessMaster Cordless Wet Dry Vacuum is our not-so-dirty little secret.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
15 Aug. 2025
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Sheryl Estrada,
Fortune,
10 June 2026
Quotas remain a 'dirty little secret' for some departments
As more states outlaw quotas, Snider said expectations in law enforcement have dramatically changed.
—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
The dirty little secret about the NHL, however, is that great teams fundamentally aren’t built on draft day.
—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
The dirty little secret most insiders either don’t realize or do not want to admit is that the entire TV eco-system rests on the shoulders of these networks.
—
Ted Linhart,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
The dirty little secret is that very few of the 130 FBS athletic departments operate in the black when factoring total revenues, expenses and debt service.
—
Mike Bianchi,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
Belts shouldn’t be your dirty little secret anymore.
—
Daisy Maldonado,
InStyle,
10 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile, Kuzma may have just revealed a dirty little secret about how to guard the University of Kentucky product.
—
Matthew Schmidt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Oct. 2025
For easy debris pickup, the Shark HydroVac MessMaster Cordless Wet Dry Vacuum is our not-so-dirty little secret.
—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Dirty little secret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirty%20little%20secret. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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