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as in veil
something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth
the cloak of mystery that surrounds the royal family
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as in cape
a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back
threw a cloak around his shoulders
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as in to disguise
to change the dress or looks of so as to conceal true identity
the outlaw nation had cloaked its chemical weapons plant as a fertilizer factory
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as in to conceal
to keep secret or shut off from view
cloaked their military maneuvers from the outside world
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Recent Examples of cloak
Norman Foster, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
The smog season regularly did a number on our mile-high mountains, wrapping them in a brown cloak of invisibility until wind and rain swept the sludge away.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
Only instead of the flood of a players’ strike, this time the disaster will come cloaked in the fire of an owners’ lockout.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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Noun
At other times, the cloak reads as an exterior, modulated, flowing sculptural layer—almost like a cloud that envelops the building, as with the Luma Tower in Arles, France.
—Norman Foster, Artforum, 26 Mar. 2026
The smog season regularly did a number on our mile-high mountains, wrapping them in a brown cloak of invisibility until wind and rain swept the sludge away.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
Morning Star was recorded straight to tape on a Portastudio in Stockholm and Marchenko’s current home of Berlin, cloaking everything in a thin mist of hiss.
—Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 31 Mar. 2026
Only instead of the flood of a players’ strike, this time the disaster will come cloaked in the fire of an owners’ lockout.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloak
Noun
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Lahav black ballgown with sheer black veil and beaded appliqués throughout.—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
11 Apr. 2026
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Rieger Lorenz hit the crossbar in OT1 … and then senior captain Kent Anderson pierced the veil in OT2.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Wearing his formal red mozzetta cape, Leo thrilled the flag-waving masses by arriving at the presidential palace in his open-sided popemobile.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Apr. 2026
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Leo, wearing his formal red mozzetta cape, thrilled the flag-waving masses by arriving at the presidential palace in his open-sided popemobile.—
Nicole Winfield,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That’s habit disguised as taste.—
Maryam Ahmed,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Apr. 2026
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On his last day before he’s scheduled to ride off on his motorcycle for a three-month sabbatical that’s only barely disguising his suicidal ideation, Robby spends his final shift lashing out at his co-workers.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
17 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The plots of these shows usually center on a murder, which occurs not so much to end a human life as to inconvenience our star, who must postpone a brunch or a media event to conceal an inconvenient corpse.—
Libby Gelman-Waxner,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2026
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More than a half-dozen sources close to Zaslav say that the CEO has barely concealed his frustration at being boxed into selling the company by the aggressive overtures of Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison last fall and winter.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Set the scene No view of Mount Fuji is ever guaranteed—clouds can roll in, swaths of mist can form a thick shroud, and rain showers can obscure the steep slopes—but on a clear day, the views from Gora Kadan Fuji are absolutely breathtaking.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Toyo Ito’s 2006 Meiso no Mori Funeral Hall in Gifu, Japan, shelters mourners beneath an undulating thin-concrete canopy like a billowing shroud.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But with a core as talented as this one and a chance to add another trophy to his mantle, the choice was easy for Golden.—
Austin Perry OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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So why have states such as Illinois taken up the mantle of antitrust enforcement, an area that has traditionally been handled by Washington?—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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But Elham, a contentious and fiercely competitive student, suspects that Marjan’s zeal for anglophone culture, including Hollywood romantic comedies, masks a resentment for the Iranian life she is now stuck with.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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This hurdle becomes exceptionally steep for adults who have perfected masking their symptoms.—
Gretchen Wittenmyer-Stone,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Neither made any attempt to hide their contempt for the other from the media or the public.—
Scott M. Reid,
Oc Register,
17 Apr. 2026
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Unlike other bands who have used a hiatus as an excuse to hide acrimony, James says the members went their separate ways with zero animosity.—
Daniel Kohn,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Cloak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloak. Accessed 25 Apr. 2026.
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