How to Use top secret in a Sentence
top secret
adjective- The mission is top secret.
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The guys’ work is top secret, and why would the women even need to know?
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Sep. 2022
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This recipe includes a top secret recipe for the best ragout ever.
—Mary Claire Britton, Southern Living, 7 June 2025
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Until the evening before the event, the guest list is top secret.
—Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2022
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The dress was top secret—Burton didn't even tell her mom.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 12 Mar. 2026
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The stunt was kept top secret, even from some of Kelly's own staff.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Apr. 2026
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The location and exact dates will be top secret for both their sakes.
—Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 5 Aug. 2018
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But that assumes that there aren't all kinds of top secret systems installed.
—A Martínez, NPR, 14 May 2025
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That’s the opposite of top secret.
—Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Also, that Dark Star sequence was shot in an area that is top secret.
—Vulture, 2 June 2022
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Nagenda is also privy to the top secret details of the project, but stays mum on specifics.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 13 Oct. 2021
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Folded over and over again as if top secret, the ink faded though clearly her mother’s hand.
—Kate Walbert, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2019
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Visit the link in my bio for the top secret Cheese Mound recipe and more easy recipes/hosting hacks.
—Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, 7 Dec. 2018
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No one is above the law, and stealing top secret documents is not acceptable.
—Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2022
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All have security clearances in the secret to top secret range.
—Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 16 Jan. 2023
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Soviet involvement was top secret at the time, so the records of the event were classified for decades.
—James Laporta, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
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Yeager’s feat was kept top secret for about a year when the world thought the British had broken the sound barrier first.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2020
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Yeager's feat was kept top secret for about a year when the world thought the British had broken the sound barrier first.
—CBS News, 8 Dec. 2020
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Did you guys have to do any Game of Thrones–level, top secret practices to keep the big twist under wraps?
—Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 8 July 2021
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Cronin will write and direct the top secret project, one that has been suggested will remain in his horror wheelhouse.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 13 June 2024
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When the Kardashians were ready to begin their new show, everything was kept top secret.
—Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 14 Apr. 2022
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The next James Bond might have a hard time decoding top secret documents.
—Giorgia Guglielmi, Science | AAAS, 31 Oct. 2017
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Hugo is the one pulling the strings behind the scenes to arrange for Daniel’s theft of the top secret materials.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 13 June 2026
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The brewers there are using a new approach to brewing non-alcoholic beer, but the details are top secret.
—Meghan Howes, The Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2025
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But the Journal also stuck by its story that Musk was to receive a top secret briefing.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
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The dipping sauce that comes with every sandwich is clearly beef based and loaded with a pantry of seasonings — the exact blend is top secret.
—Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Nov. 2021
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As with all previous contests, the vote remained top secret and little will be known in the wider world about the new leader of the Catholic church.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 9 May 2025
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While the activists may not see any UFOs, the top secret base has seen its share of unusual aircraft over the years.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2019
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This year's Black Friday air fryer deals are still top secret, since retailers haven't released what juicy sales are to come.
—Nicole Papantoniou, Good Housekeeping, 28 Sep. 2021
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David Laufman, former DOJ lawyer, said top secret records were kept in secure rooms, in safes.
—Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2022
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