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as in disguised
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as in hidden
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as in hid
to put into a hiding place
wisely concealed the documents in a drawer beneath a false bottom
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as in obscured
to keep secret or shut off from view
the defense attorney accused the prosecutor of trying to conceal exculpatory evidence
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Recent Examples of concealed
Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Christopher Harris, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
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, 18 Feb. 2026
Yacht deals tend to be shrouded in secrecy, with the names of the buyers and sellers intentionally concealed to protect the privacy and security of the ultra-wealthy.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2026
Obama dismissed those rumors, joking that if aliens existed and were being concealed, even the president was not in on it.
—Adisa Hargett-Robinson, The Washington Examiner, 15 Feb. 2026
Earlier this week, after lawmakers said the names of several high-profile figures had been concealed in the documents without clear legal reasons, the department also moved to un-redact more than a dozen additional names.
—Connor Greene, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
The lawmakers said redactions wrongly concealed some names and information.
—John Parkinson, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2026
His comments came on the first day that lawmakers were granted access to view the files without redactions following backlash against the DOJ over what has remained concealed.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 10 Feb. 2026
Economic growth fueled by foreign borrowing created an illusion of stability that concealed deepening structural decay.
—Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
Adjective
Watch it for its skin-deep enticement, its powerful visual devices, but also its concealed malignancy.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
Officers reported that Hendrix had his right hand concealed inside his jacket near his chest and abdomen.
—Christopher Harris, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
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, 18 Feb. 2026
Yacht deals tend to be shrouded in secrecy, with the names of the buyers and sellers intentionally concealed to protect the privacy and security of the ultra-wealthy.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 16 Feb. 2026
Obama dismissed those rumors, joking that if aliens existed and were being concealed, even the president was not in on it.
—Adisa Hargett-Robinson, The Washington Examiner, 15 Feb. 2026
Earlier this week, after lawmakers said the names of several high-profile figures had been concealed in the documents without clear legal reasons, the department also moved to un-redact more than a dozen additional names.
—Connor Greene, Time, 11 Feb. 2026
The lawmakers said redactions wrongly concealed some names and information.
—John Parkinson, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2026
His comments came on the first day that lawmakers were granted access to view the files without redactions following backlash against the DOJ over what has remained concealed.
—Jared Gans, The Hill, 10 Feb. 2026
Economic growth fueled by foreign borrowing created an illusion of stability that concealed deepening structural decay.
—Alejandro Reyes, Washington Post, 3 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concealed
Adjective
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Playing a thinly disguised version of himself, Reynolds is, as Schneeberger and Neibaur point out, funny, exasperating, and moving, and Rifkin’s impeccable tailoring of the role to fit his star gives Reynolds a wonderful summation with which to end his career.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
10 Feb. 2026
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As part of her exit interview for the disguised celebrity guessing game, Entertainment Weekly wanted to get her side of the story.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The findings suggest that other two-dimensional magnetic materials may host similar hidden phases.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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At the time, I was fascinated by the idea that people could possess a hidden talent that no one suspected was there.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
1 Mar. 2026
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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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The entire team struggled to land a 3-point shot, missing their first 11 attempts from behind the arc before Bogdanovic buried one with one second left in the first half to pull the Clippers within 44-38 at the intermission.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
27 Feb. 2026
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The settlement ends litigation between Novartis, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies, and the estate of Lacks, a mother who died of cervical cancer at age 31 and was buried in an unmarked grave.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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And the screen is often duly obscured in a whitish haze, some of it moving through the skies above, some of it rising from the Phlegraean Fields, an active eight-mile-wide caldera to the west of Naples.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
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Water had obscured the depth and impact of the sinkhole.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Other guests remain cloaked in mystery, which suited the experience fine.—
Adam Erace,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Feb. 2026
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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
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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
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In unexposed mice the substantia nigra looks like a nighttime satellite image of Manhattan—thousands of neurons sending dopamine across the mice’s brains to orchestrate fluid scurrying and sniffing and munching.—
David Ferry,
Wired News,
10 Dec. 2025
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Amylin is hormone co-secreted with insulin in the pancreas to suppress appetite and reduce food intake.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2026
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Finally, like mealy bugs, the honeydew secreted by aphids can encourage the growth of sooty mold and fungus.—
Jon VanZile,
The Spruce,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Concealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concealed. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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