How to Use confidential in a Sentence
confidential
adjective- She worked as a confidential secretary to the mayor for many years.
- Her voice was quiet and confidential.
- These documents are completely confidential.
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Their talk is confidential, even from us, which is a bit of a cop-out.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2025
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All calls are toll-free and confidential.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026
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All tips will be kept confidential.
—Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2026
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All calls will be kept confidential.
—Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 28 June 2026
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Brailov said the terms of the agreement were confidential.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
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Fill out the confidential form below, and a reporter may reach out to you.
—Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
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The source asked not to be named because the details are confidential.
—Ananya Chetia, CNBC, 7 July 2026
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There is no confidential stuff.
—Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
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All calls are kept confidential.
—Mark Prussin, CBS News, 12 June 2026
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The terms of the agreement are confidential.
—Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 21 Jan. 2026
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The source asked not to be named in order to discuss a confidential matter.
—Seema Mody, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
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Central to it all is a monthly health check-in, done on the smartphone, that is confidential.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
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The note was ordered to remain confidential for now.
—CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
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The suit was later settled for a confidential amount.
—Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 27 Aug. 2025
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The network said at the time that the women had requested the terms be kept confidential.
—CBS News, 28 Nov. 2024
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It would be kept confidential before, during and after, the emails showed.
—New York Times, 4 Jan. 2022
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Graf ruled the defense had not met the legal threshold to keep the motion confidential.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 13 Mar. 2026
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The helpline operates year-round, 24 hours a day and is confidential.
—Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 17 July 2026
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Any tips will remain confidential, state police said.
—Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
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The votes are supposed to be confidential, but candidates sometimes learn about them through word of mouth.
—Bykatie Langin, science.org, 4 Oct. 2024
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This free and confidential service is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
—Katie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal, 23 Mar. 2026
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Bangkok’s most soulful new places to sleep, however, are more confidential.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2026
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There is no public case with that name, but grand jury proceedings are confidential.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
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Roy noted that the memo isn’t marked privileged or confidential.
—State House News Service, Boston Herald, 16 Feb. 2026
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The home telephone numbers of police and prison workers would be kept confidential.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2023
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The identities of all firing squad members will be confidential, per state law.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2026
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By the end of that year, 1 million people had signed on to the secure and confidential database.
—Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2025
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