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Recent Examples of clandestinely
Panahi has spent most of his career making films clandestinely, without approval of authorities, and was until recently banned from leaving the country.
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Dallas Morning News, 11 Jan. 2026
The original cover disappeared — in fact, was kept and sold clandestinely by a CBS executive for around $25,000 and later re-sold by Anonymous for over $250,000.
—David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
But despite the laurels, none of these films could represent Iran since they were made clandestinely by Panahi, an outspoken critic of the Iranian regime.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Shot clandestinely and set for the most part in one somber Tehran apartment, Sacred Fig depicts a family of four whose patriarch, Iman (Misagh Zare), has just been named an investigating judge — a promotion that promises him both a bigger flat and a better place in Iran’s judicial hierarchy.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
People who make films clandestinely.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Yet on this evening, the four women—a German, a Pole, a Belgian and a Frenchwoman—were playing Beethoven’s masterpiece, clandestinely since Jewish musicians were not considered worthy of playing such magnificent German works and were doing so just for their own pleasure.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
To boost their morale, Washington had the play clandestinely produced for his troops at Valley Forge during an especially bleak winter.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Until the early 1970s, the Ojibwe continued to mine small pieces of pipestone at Ozhaawashkonaagwad clandestinely.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Dallas Morning News, 11 Jan. 2026
The original cover disappeared — in fact, was kept and sold clandestinely by a CBS executive for around $25,000 and later re-sold by Anonymous for over $250,000.
—David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
But despite the laurels, none of these films could represent Iran since they were made clandestinely by Panahi, an outspoken critic of the Iranian regime.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Shot clandestinely and set for the most part in one somber Tehran apartment, Sacred Fig depicts a family of four whose patriarch, Iman (Misagh Zare), has just been named an investigating judge — a promotion that promises him both a bigger flat and a better place in Iran’s judicial hierarchy.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2025
People who make films clandestinely.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Yet on this evening, the four women—a German, a Pole, a Belgian and a Frenchwoman—were playing Beethoven’s masterpiece, clandestinely since Jewish musicians were not considered worthy of playing such magnificent German works and were doing so just for their own pleasure.
—Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2025
To boost their morale, Washington had the play clandestinely produced for his troops at Valley Forge during an especially bleak winter.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Until the early 1970s, the Ojibwe continued to mine small pieces of pipestone at Ozhaawashkonaagwad clandestinely.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clandestinely
Adverb
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The difference is that many organizations do so covertly to maximize profits.—
Ben Cohen,
Time,
15 Jan. 2026
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These brave whistleblowers spent seven years and countless hours collaborating with us, recording, investigating, and covertly transmitting files to investigate crimes perpetrated by corrections officers tasked with protecting, not harming, the men in their care.—
Andrew Jarecki & Charlotte Kaufman,
IndieWire,
15 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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Fox said the exchange between him and Wasser when he was called back to the restaurant took about 10-12 seconds, but defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo suggested on Monday that the pair may have surreptitiously searched the backpack at that time and found the gun — or potentially planted it.—
Ben Brachfeld,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
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In a way, I am being surreptitiously employed by the owner for two minutes.—
Francesco Pacifico,
The Dial,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Clandestinely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clandestinely. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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