top secret
adjective
1
: protected by a high degree of secrecy
a top secret weapon
a top secret meeting
2
a
: containing or being information whose unauthorized disclosure could result in exceptionally grave danger to the nation
top secret messages
compare confidential, secret
b
: of or relating to top secret documents
a top secret clearance
Examples of top secret in a Sentence
The mission is top secret.
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Ashley Joachim Tellis, an unpaid State Department senior adviser, is facing a felony charge of unlawful retention of national defense information after investigators found more than 1,000 pages of top secret or secret documents at his home Saturday in Vienna, Virginia.
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Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The top secret agent of CONTROL is a role model for clumsy wannabe Steve Carell, though by the end, Agent 23 is the one throwing an explosive situation into total KAOS.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Other semi-public spaces, including El Secreto and La Cava, were either not ready for guests or so top secret as to elude me.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2025
Everything was so under wraps, especially our legacy cast members — super top secret.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
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Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The top secret agent of CONTROL is a role model for clumsy wannabe Steve Carell, though by the end, Agent 23 is the one throwing an explosive situation into total KAOS.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Oct. 2025
Other semi-public spaces, including El Secreto and La Cava, were either not ready for guests or so top secret as to elude me.
—Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2025
Everything was so under wraps, especially our legacy cast members — super top secret.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for top secret
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“Top secret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top%20secret. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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