1
as in hiding
to put into a hiding place
wisely concealed the documents in a drawer beneath a false bottom
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as in obscuring
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 concealing
She was acquitted of concealing an individual to prevent arrest, a misdemeanor.
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CBS News,
17 June 2026
She was acquitted of concealing an individual to prevent arrest, a misdemeanor.
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ABC News,
16 June 2026
To its credit, Ferretti Group Engineering retained Wally’s sleek design, all the way to concealing the anchoring hardware to maximize its clean exterior look.
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Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
16 June 2026
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed a lawsuit Monday against Lorex, a baby monitor manufacturer accused of concealing its links to the Chinese military.
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David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2026
There are also some genuinely suspenseful beats amid the more outrageous flourishes, which include the killer concealing a chainsaw under their cloak and a karate instructor blaming a violent assault on having ingested bad chop suey.
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Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
Varela, 38, is charged with first-degree murder and concealing a dead body in connection with Guerra’s death.
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Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
In the roller coaster video, he is seen concealing a box of chicken nuggets before entering the park and later boarding Millennium Force.
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Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
Rather than concealing irregularity, the campaign embraces it as part of its vision of modern luxury, in a timeless fusion between then and now, Louboutin noted.
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Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
CBS News,
17 June 2026
She was acquitted of concealing an individual to prevent arrest, a misdemeanor.
—
ABC News,
16 June 2026
To its credit, Ferretti Group Engineering retained Wally’s sleek design, all the way to concealing the anchoring hardware to maximize its clean exterior look.
—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
16 June 2026
Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway filed a lawsuit Monday against Lorex, a baby monitor manufacturer accused of concealing its links to the Chinese military.
—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2026
There are also some genuinely suspenseful beats amid the more outrageous flourishes, which include the killer concealing a chainsaw under their cloak and a karate instructor blaming a violent assault on having ingested bad chop suey.
—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 June 2026
Varela, 38, is charged with first-degree murder and concealing a dead body in connection with Guerra’s death.
—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
In the roller coaster video, he is seen concealing a box of chicken nuggets before entering the park and later boarding Millennium Force.
—
Kelly McGreal,
FOXNews.com,
3 June 2026
Rather than concealing irregularity, the campaign embraces it as part of its vision of modern luxury, in a timeless fusion between then and now, Louboutin noted.
—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concealing
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Police officers responding to Leslie Martin’s call and separate reports of a break-in found Doug Martin hiding in a neighbor’s home.
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The film is a modern take on the creature horror film told from the perspective of a young boy who slowly begins to discover that his beloved parents are hiding a disturbing secret about his mother’s true nature.
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The irony is a bit hard to ignore — the very environment being modified to protect or maintain beaches was simultaneously obscuring the ecological processes happening just offshore.
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And what’s a novelist but a fence, furnishing imaginary scenes with choice pieces of reality while obscuring their provenance?
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The structure suddenly collapsed, burying the people within.
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Since then, the city has touted its success in burying most of its wires while keeping rates competitive with other utilities.
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Our managing editor Hannah Wise shares about how The Star is covering the World Cup.
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The clinic provides standard all-inclusive packages covering hotel, transfers, and translation.
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But some users find clever ways to sidestep those controls, by disguising sensitive requests as role-playing games, poems or pictures, with many swapping tips and ideas online.
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For a Black man to reinforce those same stereotypes, while disguising them as objective commentary, is even more damaging.
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The migrating dust can move from the African desert more than 5,000 miles westward over the Atlantic and is known for suppressing rainfall and conditions that support hurricanes.
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At a status hearing Wednesday, an attorney for defendant Charles Green argued in favor of suppressing some of the evidence in the case.
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Baking soda neutralizes odors instead of masking them, binding with the compounds that actually cause smells rather than covering them up.
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Fresh grass clippings are great for masking naturally unpleasant odors in the garden by simply using them to cover the offensive materials.
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“Concealing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concealing. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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