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Definition of concealednext
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concealed

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verb

past tense of conceal

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Recent Examples of concealed
Adjective
Retractable or concealed handles now appear on cars from American, European, Korean and Chinese manufacturers. Peter Lyon, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 In another instance, investigators identified a gray button on a test-taker's shirt as a concealed camera. Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 25 June 2026 Kentucky lawmakers will likely let our columnist Joe Gerth down again by overriding the veto of a bill that would allow 18-, 19- and 20-year-olds to carry concealed guns. Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Apr. 2026 Watch it for its skin-deep enticement, its powerful visual devices, but also its concealed malignancy. Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
Under-eye shadows, bags and lower-lid definition get played up instead of concealed. Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026 States alleged that Meta’s internal research documented links between Instagram use and harms including depression, anxiety and body-image concerns among young people, while the company publicly minimized or concealed those risks. Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026 The new Russian approach expands on this tactic by using acoustic rather than visual detection, allowing the drone to remain concealed without a direct line of sight to the road. Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026 That concealed the actual removal of the lettering for POTUS. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026 During the state hearing, attorneys representing the school board argued that administrators had misled members and concealed the district's financial condition. CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 Larson never concealed his fury at facing a challenger in a primary — a common occurrence in most states. Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026 During the investigation, officers with the SRPD discovered that Calderon-Villanueva was in possession of a loaded, concealed 9-mm Ghost gun. Bay City News, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026 Few works in the show are titled, boxes filled with objects remain closed (one is even tightly wrapped in cellophane), and canvases are stacked one atop the other like pizza boxes—content and images concealed. Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concealed
Adjective
  • The highly disguised initial view of the model undergoing final testing showed the luxury marque deviating away from its traditional upright boxy off-road SUVs into a new territory.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 July 2026
  • Or did a Greek soldier really kill a disguised Athena, breaking Zeus’s law in its most primal form?
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 24 July 2026
Adjective
  • The Sun quincunxes Pluto, highlighting where careful effort meets control issues, hidden pressure, or shifting priorities.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Clarke pursued authenticity ingeniously, using tiny, hidden radio microphones that transmitted to tape recorder from afar, in order to capture dialogue with maximal spontaneity.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Valentine went down early in camp with a hamstring injury, was replaced by Cisse and has been buried since.
    Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
  • These included a child buried face down, a skeleton positioned as in a crucifixion, graves with stones placed around the skull as if to prevent biting or movement, as well as other graves with sickles and padlocks.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The lack of a unified Democratic agenda, and the president’s usual reluctance to stay on message, has obscured the trend running under everything.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • She was held up as the pop cultural equivalent of a saint to a degree that sometimes obscured and distorted her creative drive and business acumen.
    Jewly Hight, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • And yet, to those who are unfamiliar with its inner workings, the pageant world might appear shrouded in mystery.
    Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Liberia’s agreement to accept up to 1,200 deportees from the US remains shrouded in mystery a day after the first 20 arrivals landed in Monrovia, leaving many wondering what Liberia is getting in return.
    Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Fossil saw a 57% lift in brand recall among users exposed to Fossil creative across premium video inventory versus unexposed users.
    Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 12 May 2026
  • In the unexposed areas, the biogel stem cell mixture remains, and this is where the potential for creating a functional human liver resides.
    Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • That is until the Secret Service—acting on intelligence about a possible assassination attempt by Iranian proxies—secreted the president off Air Force One on July 8, 2026.
    Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The last ceremony of the retreat was with 5-MeO-DMT, a powerful and fast acting psychedelic secreted from a toad.
    Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The one that looked like it was covered with giant farfalle pasta bows?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Before-and-after images aired by state broadcaster China Central Television showed a multistory building and more than a dozen vehicles covered in mud.
    Shristi Kafle, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026

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“Concealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concealed. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

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