as in private
not known or meant to be known by the general populace
someone leaked confidential government information to the press
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Recent Examples of confidential
Family planning services include contraception, pregnancy testing and counseling as well as confidential STI testing and treatment.
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
The New York Times later reported that those subpoenas sought confidential patient information from doctors and hospitals.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2025
The health department does not comment on active epidemiological investigations and information gathered during the investigation is confidential, spokesperson Isabel Kilman said in a statement Tuesday.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Businesses log in to access this closed ecosystem, keeping these exclusive prices confidential and separate from public hotel pricing.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
The New York Times later reported that those subpoenas sought confidential patient information from doctors and hospitals.
—Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2025
The health department does not comment on active epidemiological investigations and information gathered during the investigation is confidential, spokesperson Isabel Kilman said in a statement Tuesday.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
Businesses log in to access this closed ecosystem, keeping these exclusive prices confidential and separate from public hotel pricing.
—Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidential
Adjective
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Its members include defense attorneys and prosecutors, public interest lawyers and private practitioners, judges, and law firm attorneys.—
Muhammad U. Faridi,
New York Daily News,
17 Aug. 2025
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First discovered: 23 hours ago, 9:25 p.m. Aug. 15 Initial location: Fresno County, Calif. Fire type: Wildfire Fire name: Derrick A new wildfire was reported 9:25 p.m. Aug. 15 in Fresno County, California. Derrick Fire has been burning on private land for 23 hours.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In the 2021 film, Odenkirk (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) stars as Hutch Mansell, a by-the-numbers working stiff who harbors a secret past as an off-the-books government assassin.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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But figures obtained by The News from the same secret dashboard from June show point to higher caseload numbers in several key probation units.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Trump reportedly shared classified intelligence with Russian officials during his first term and tried to soften U.S. opposition to Russia's past aggression against Ukraine and its human rights violations.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
15 Aug. 2025
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March 24: SpaceX Falcon 9 on the classified NROL-69 mission from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 40 at 1:48 p.m.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Humanity might devolve into individuals interacting with their personal set of AIs and not much else.—
Rafael Perez,
Oc Register,
16 Aug. 2025
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That would leave annual inflation averaging 2.6% during Trump's term and peaking at 3.1% in 2026, based on the Commerce Department’s personal consumption expenditures price index.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Abrego Garcia is in the custody of the U.S. Marshals in an undisclosed facility.—
Evan Mealins,
Nashville Tennessean,
20 Aug. 2025
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Engineers have used an undisclosed Large Language Model to pull clips and generate voice-over for as many as thousands of possible combinations that may in the end only be seen by a few people.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The concern is understandable since the result could well become something too esoteric or scholarly for its own good.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
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Thus, every Sunday there would be a large gathering of family on the farm to enjoy an esoteric dark roux gumbo.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
Adjective
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Unfolding in the days just after the father’s arrest, Zhang’s novel travels back and forth through time to reveal its protagonist’s path to domestic work, and the ways in which wealth and power have warped her employers’ most intimate experiences.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
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The combination of thick timber, small windows, and centuries of ritual creates a hushed, intimate atmosphere.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Confidential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confidential. Accessed 28 Aug. 2025.
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