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Recent Examples of clandestinely
The audio recordings, shared by outlets including VSquare, Frontstory, Delfi Estonia, the Insider, and the Investigative Centre of Jan Kuciak, seem to have been clandestinely gathered.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026
Many of them, like Lavrov, had to leave clandestinely because getting out with Russian permission is nearly impossible.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
Penrose also participated in multiple attempts to clandestinely seize voting machines, including in Michigan, where prosecutors accused him of breaking into some of the machines.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2026
Under Cuba’s penal code, people who clandestinely enter Cuba to commit terrorism can be punished by death or life in prison.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 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
Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2026
Many of them, like Lavrov, had to leave clandestinely because getting out with Russian permission is nearly impossible.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
Penrose also participated in multiple attempts to clandestinely seize voting machines, including in Michigan, where prosecutors accused him of breaking into some of the machines.
—Doug Bock Clark, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2026
Under Cuba’s penal code, people who clandestinely enter Cuba to commit terrorism can be punished by death or life in prison.
—Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for clandestinely
Adverb
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The company claimed to be hunting for evidence that Musk was covertly funding its critics.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Mohan advocates for his care and attempts to covertly give the patient free supplies.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Katas wan't recording in the front seat, so Christine, seated beside the wives in the back, surreptitiously pulled out her phone to record Bateman.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Apr. 2026
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Trump may have also relieved pressure on Democrats to surreptitiously help one of the Republicans to leap ahead, so as to avoid a 1-2 GOP outcome.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Clandestinely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clandestinely. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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