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Recent Examples of clandestinely
Under Cuba’s penal code, people who clandestinely enter Cuba to commit terrorism can be punished by death or life in prison.
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Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
The group was largely defeated in 2019, but some elements still operate clandestinely in Syria and Iraq.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
Before the game, activists clandestinely distributed 15,000 of them to fans entering Levi’s Stadium for the Super Bowl, seeding grassroots support toward a performer who spoke up for Latinos and immigrants at the Grammy Awards last week.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Panahi has been arrested multiple times and imprisoned twice by Iranian authorities for making revelatory, clandestinely shot films like This Is Not a Film and Taxi.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 5 Feb. 2026
Panahi has spent most of his career making films clandestinely, without approval of authorities, and was until recently banned from leaving the country.
—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
Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2026
The group was largely defeated in 2019, but some elements still operate clandestinely in Syria and Iraq.
—Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
Before the game, activists clandestinely distributed 15,000 of them to fans entering Levi’s Stadium for the Super Bowl, seeding grassroots support toward a performer who spoke up for Latinos and immigrants at the Grammy Awards last week.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2026
Panahi has been arrested multiple times and imprisoned twice by Iranian authorities for making revelatory, clandestinely shot films like This Is Not a Film and Taxi.
—Yohana Desta, Vanity Fair, 5 Feb. 2026
Panahi has spent most of his career making films clandestinely, without approval of authorities, and was until recently banned from leaving the country.
—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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clandestinely
Adverb
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The feature was shot over twenty-eight days, covertly, mostly within the confines of the van.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
1 Mar. 2026
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The film, which was shot covertly in Iran, is steeped in a language of resistance against the notoriously repressive Iranian regime.—
Mason Leib,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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But tech companies will have to prove that new devices can do things better or differently than smartphones and alleviate privacy concerns around devices can surreptitiously record their surroundings.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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Also, strong steps against the Russian shadow fleet that surreptitiously transports energy products, designation of Russia as a State Sponsor of Terrorism, and other economic measures strongly penalizing Russia and aiding Ukraine.—
U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal,
Hartford Courant,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Clandestinely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clandestinely. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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