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as in disguised
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 concealed
to keep secret or shut off from view
cloaked their military maneuvers from the outside world
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Recent Examples of cloaked
Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
The new character, also called Six Ravens, will sometimes be portrayed as a black bird and other times as a mysterious, cloaked woman with a raven mask.
—Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2026
So, who was that cloaked figure?
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
Throughout a two-hour concert with a 41-song setlist, The Weeknd transformed the 69,000-person venue into an apocalyptic land in the ruins of a city inhabited by cloaked figures.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
Nikitović took inspiration from old Westerns to dress Hart, wanting to introduce him like a mysterious, cloaked cowboy emerging from the desert.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
While Fester and Wednesday put the pieces together between the obituaries and the outcasts, the cloaked Avian finally reveals themselves.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
Chef Brian Young, who honed his chops at Le Bernardin and The Quilted Giraffe, channels tradition and elegance with dishes like lobster thermidor, chicken cordon bleu, and a gorgeous sablefish cloaked in caviar beurre blanc.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
While the committees often report the names of contributors, the donors are sometimes cloaked in anonymity, either through obscure business entities or separate nonprofits that don’t need to disclose their donors.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
Its trunk was later cloaked in pastel pink and green streamers.
—Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
The towering incense cedars, stout black oak trees and spindly pines were cloaked in the ornaments of moisture, dangling like tiny decorations on a holiday tree.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
If so, the x-ray and radio outbursts from these objects would be cloaked behind dense cocoons of ionized gas.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
Three months after fracturing his right ankle, Warner did a couple of 10- to 20-yard sprints with a resistance band around his waist, while cloaked in a hoodie and sunglasses with head trainer Dustin Perry videotaping his every move.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
One of the protesters cloaked himself in an American flag.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
Other guests remain cloaked in mystery, which suited the experience fine.
—Adam Erace, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026
The new character, also called Six Ravens, will sometimes be portrayed as a black bird and other times as a mysterious, cloaked woman with a raven mask.
—Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2026
So, who was that cloaked figure?
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 21 Nov. 2025
Throughout a two-hour concert with a 41-song setlist, The Weeknd transformed the 69,000-person venue into an apocalyptic land in the ruins of a city inhabited by cloaked figures.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 13 Aug. 2025
Nikitović took inspiration from old Westerns to dress Hart, wanting to introduce him like a mysterious, cloaked cowboy emerging from the desert.
—Andrew McGowan, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
While Fester and Wednesday put the pieces together between the obituaries and the outcasts, the cloaked Avian finally reveals themselves.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
Whether decked out in clusters of large spherical blossoms or enchanting lacecap flowers, there’s a perfect hydrangea for nearly every yard—whether drenched in sun or cloaked in shade—and every gardener's personality.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
Chef Brian Young, who honed his chops at Le Bernardin and The Quilted Giraffe, channels tradition and elegance with dishes like lobster thermidor, chicken cordon bleu, and a gorgeous sablefish cloaked in caviar beurre blanc.
—Andrea Strong, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Feb. 2026
While the committees often report the names of contributors, the donors are sometimes cloaked in anonymity, either through obscure business entities or separate nonprofits that don’t need to disclose their donors.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
Its trunk was later cloaked in pastel pink and green streamers.
—Jamie Landers, Dallas Morning News, 26 Jan. 2026
The towering incense cedars, stout black oak trees and spindly pines were cloaked in the ornaments of moisture, dangling like tiny decorations on a holiday tree.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
If so, the x-ray and radio outbursts from these objects would be cloaked behind dense cocoons of ionized gas.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
Three months after fracturing his right ankle, Warner did a couple of 10- to 20-yard sprints with a resistance band around his waist, while cloaked in a hoodie and sunglasses with head trainer Dustin Perry videotaping his every move.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2026
One of the protesters cloaked himself in an American flag.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cloaked
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For a woman so shrouded in mystery of her own making, Trump seemingly always finds a way to surprise both fans and, yes, the critics.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
1 Feb. 2026
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Men gathered to pay their final respects, carrying the shrouded bodies through the streets before praying over them.—
Sam Metz,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
Verb
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What remains is a tool of self-discipline, disguised as self-help.—
Jay Caspian Kang,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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Political partisans tend to behave in a partisan way—even if that partisanship is disguised as apolitical, Christian living.—
Elaine Godfrey,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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The pressure to keep exile concealed—to keep it invisible—mounts when disclosing the reasons motivating the journey would put travelers at risk.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Clarke and two others whose mothers also concealed their pregnancies from Nazi guards are among the youngest survivors of the Holocaust.—
Lesley Stahl,
CBS News,
16 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Investigators got a break in the case last week after the FBI recovered chilling doorbell camera images of an armed and masked man outside Guthrie’s home on the morning of her disappearance.—
Liz Kreutz,
NBC news,
16 Feb. 2026
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On Sunday, the FBI said DNA was found on a glove discovered miles away from Guthrie’s home that matched those worn by a masked person seen outside the home.—
Richard Winton,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
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The blind that Rhoades had set up in his Erie County cornfield was well-camouflaged.—
Bob McNally,
Outdoor Life,
28 Jan. 2026
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Where that’s not possible, garages may be camouflaged in exceptionally creative screening.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
2 Jan. 2026
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Unfortunately, a lot of the homes near Guthrie's residence are far from the street and are obscured by shrubbery, Siminoff said, so collecting video data of cars on the road might be hard in this case.—
Liz Kreutz,
NBC news,
13 Feb. 2026
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The result of this was that the view of the ball was often obscured when shots went up.—
Ticked Off,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Backed by an eight-piece string section, Jones, in a flowing white outfit with pops of red, blue and green ‒ inspired by Whitney Houston's 1991 Super Bowl look ‒ along with a white headband, closed her shaded eyes throughout the moving song.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Feb. 2026
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After days of bitter cold, temperatures in Oxford reached 70 degrees Friday, but chunks of ice still littered the ground in shaded areas.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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That’s both difficult and oddly simple for Court, whose shadowy existence is so undercover that many doubt the Gray Man exists.—
Oline H. Cogdill,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Feb. 2026
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But the textures also start to get too uniformly shadowy, the beats too stiff.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Cloaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cloaked. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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