uncover
verb
un·cov·er
ən-ˈkə-vər 
uncovered; uncovering; uncovers
2
: to expose to view by removing some covering
3
a
: to take the cover from
b
: to remove the hat from
uncovered his head
4
: to deprive of protection
Examples of uncover in a Sentence
Police uncovered a criminal plot.
Archaeologists uncovered the ruins of an ancient city.
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Barr confirms unreleased Epstein footage Barr confirmed that searches of Epstein’s Manhattan mansion, and possibly his island and New Mexico home, had uncovered cameras and recording systems.
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Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
After years of demanding better pay and protections from individual farmers and buyers, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers — the anti-trafficking organization that uncovered the first examples of abuse in the massive federal case — launched the Fair Food Program in 2010.
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As part of the six-year fraud authorities uncovered, the clinic provided aspherical lenses for children but billed the state for unnecessary spherical lenses that were never created.
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To uncover the true picture, analyze record creation, updates and data interactions across different user groups and identify which Salesforce products and features are genuinely driving business processes versus those that sit idle.
—Buyan Thyagarajan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 17 Sep. 2025
After years of demanding better pay and protections from individual farmers and buyers, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers — the anti-trafficking organization that uncovered the first examples of abuse in the massive federal case — launched the Fair Food Program in 2010.
—Max Blau, ProPublica, 16 Sep. 2025
As part of the six-year fraud authorities uncovered, the clinic provided aspherical lenses for children but billed the state for unnecessary spherical lenses that were never created.
—John Aguilar, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2025
To uncover the true picture, analyze record creation, updates and data interactions across different user groups and identify which Salesforce products and features are genuinely driving business processes versus those that sit idle.
—Buyan Thyagarajan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Uncover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncover. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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