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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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as in disguised
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as in hidden
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Recent Examples of concealed
Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
The train containing the four ride vehicles, including the Dodge Charger, will be concealed during this initial test phase — though a version of the Charger chassis was revealed to media this summer.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Clothes therefore became a clever signifier that could be displayed or concealed depending on the situation.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
The connections to the servers in the landing station a mile away had been installed, and a spaghetti of thick black cables lay concealed in the cube below the manhole.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Their faces are partially concealed by masks.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
People still are prohibited from carrying guns — openly or concealed — in certain areas, including schools and university campuses; professional athletic events not related to firearms; hospitals; police stations; courts and polling places.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Her open limbs dangle all over the velvet, her pubic triangle hardly concealed.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2025
And, fittingly for a couple who met on Carpool Karaoke, there’s a serious karaoke setup concealed behind custom cabinetry in the living room.
—Catherine Hong, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Though the structures appear to only be heads, many of them have full bodies that have been concealed by sediment over the centuries.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
The train containing the four ride vehicles, including the Dodge Charger, will be concealed during this initial test phase — though a version of the Charger chassis was revealed to media this summer.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Clothes therefore became a clever signifier that could be displayed or concealed depending on the situation.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
The connections to the servers in the landing station a mile away had been installed, and a spaghetti of thick black cables lay concealed in the cube below the manhole.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Their faces are partially concealed by masks.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
People still are prohibited from carrying guns — openly or concealed — in certain areas, including schools and university campuses; professional athletic events not related to firearms; hospitals; police stations; courts and polling places.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Her open limbs dangle all over the velvet, her pubic triangle hardly concealed.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2025
And, fittingly for a couple who met on Carpool Karaoke, there’s a serious karaoke setup concealed behind custom cabinetry in the living room.
—Catherine Hong, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concealed
Adjective
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The gender nonconformity of the protagonists—all thinly disguised versions of Lee—is often obvious but never explicitly mentioned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Fifteen superfans will walk around with disguised pre-release Pixel hardware.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The 61-year-old loves the hunt, and sifting through old belongings and hidden gems is what keeps him going.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
23 Oct. 2025
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Scheeres’s work also inspired me to research the troubled teen industry, the hidden arm of America’s prison industrial complex, a largely unregulated network of religious and secular therapeutic boarding schools, wilderness programs, private youth programs, and drug rehabilitation centers.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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As the lore goes, King’s daughter’s cat was struck by a truck and buried on a hill behind the house, inspiring the plot for his 1983 novel Pet Sematary.—
Katie Schultz,
Architectural Digest,
23 Oct. 2025
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Then, a flash flood buried the bodies in sediment.—
Amanda Schupak,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
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One’s identity was obscured; the other two were Shelley Silver and Barbara Ozer, David’s mother.—
Steve Belanger,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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However, by creating sharp boundaries, the schema obscured the subtleties of what happened between them.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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When opinions overtake data, the path forward becomes shrouded in darkness, and the future becomes uncertain.—
Sheldon Jacobson,
Twin Cities,
25 Sep. 2025
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But amid the hype around European defense, Muirhead conceded that the exit trajectory for many startups in the sector remains shrouded in uncertainty.—
Chloe Taylor,
CNBC,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In a 2023 report in Science, their team found that morphogens were indeed secreted just before a feather follicle started to bud.—
Anna Demming,
Quanta Magazine,
10 Oct. 2025
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Melatonin Melatonin is a hormone secreted primarily by the pineal gland (located deep in the brain).—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The living room walls in Paulsen’s home are covered in framed photos of Kelly and their kids.—
Jourdan Rodrigue,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Smart-casual works almost everywhere, but dress modestly (elbows, knees covered) in heritage spots.—
Manal Albarakati,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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
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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
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“Concealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concealed. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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