unmasked; unmasking; unmasks
: to remove one's mask
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Examples of unmask in a Sentence
He was unmasked as a spy.
the killer's identity won't be unmasked until the season's final episode
Recent Examples on the Web
In the late 1990s, Brill made media itself the focus for his next start-up, founding Brill’s Content, a glossy monthly devoted to media analysis and criticism, its debut issue attempting to unmask the secret sources behind Washington coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal.
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Laura Wagner, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
Still, a lot of scientific questions remain — and until they are answered, the world won’t know exactly how much warming falling aerosols will unmask.
—Shannon Osaka, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
Entire subreddits are devoted to unmasking Darrien O’Connor, the exploitative TV writer who mentors Gadd’s Donny, only to drug and rape his acolyte.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 June 2024
In an indictment unsealed Tuesday, US federal prosecutors unmasked the flamboyant persona as Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a 31-year-old Russian national.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 May 2024
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Laura Wagner, Washington Post, 30 June 2024
Still, a lot of scientific questions remain — and until they are answered, the world won’t know exactly how much warming falling aerosols will unmask.
—Shannon Osaka, Washington Post, 25 June 2024
Entire subreddits are devoted to unmasking Darrien O’Connor, the exploitative TV writer who mentors Gadd’s Donny, only to drug and rape his acolyte.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 June 2024
In an indictment unsealed Tuesday, US federal prosecutors unmasked the flamboyant persona as Dmitry Yuryevich Khoroshev, a 31-year-old Russian national.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 7 May 2024
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“Unmask.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmask. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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