confidential

adjective

ˌkän-fə-ˈden(t)-shəl How to pronounce confidential (audio)
Definition of confidentialnext
as in private
not known or meant to be known by the general populace someone leaked confidential government information to the press

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Recent Examples of confidential Most technical details surrounding the F-47 remain confidential. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 31 July 2026 The OpenAI models went on to steal access credentials and other confidential Hugging Face information. — Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 31 July 2026 Deeply offended, New York Times executive editor Abe Rosenthal sent a confidential memo to publisher Punch Sulzberger. — Heather Hendershot, The Conversation, 31 July 2026 The designation is set to come as soon as August, the person said, asking not to be identified because the decision was confidential. — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 31 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for confidential
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidential
  1. private
  2. secret
  3. classified
  4. personal
  5. undisclosed
  6. esoteric
  7. intimate
Adjective
  • For context, the median private SaaS company generates about $141,000 of revenue per employee, while the leading AI-native companies are running at twenty times that or more.
    — Michael Wee, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Greece’s firefighting department said Sunday the fire apparently began from sparks emitted by a faulty power line transporting electricity from a private wind generator facility to the main electricity network.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of private
Adjective
  • Burke then allegedly visited Lake Elsinore and paid one of her classmates $1,000 to slip her a secret phone.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • At the same time, Bret, who is gay and desperate to keep it secret, is immediately drawn to Robert.
    — Leo Lasdun, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of secret
Adjective
  • Many of the technologies that underpin modern military operations can trace their origins back to these classified programs.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The Department of Defense has signed standard operational agreements tapping major providers—including Google, OpenAI, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Oracle, and Nvidia—to deploy their frontier AI tools onto classified military networks.
    — Alex Capri, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of classified
Adjective
  • The Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act means the court cannot order Meta to request children to submit personal data or be passively tracked online, even for age verification purposes.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Some travel essentials are simply non-negotiable, from a blackout eye mask for sleeping on the plane to a personal safety alarm for peace of mind.
    — Hayley Domin, Travel + Leisure, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of personal
Adjective
  • While many details remain undisclosed, the announcement confirms that Beijing is continuing to strengthen its nuclear deterrent as part of a broader military modernisation strategy.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
  • However, rookie kicker Trey Smack struggled, making only 3-of-5 field goals, and cornerback Carrington Valentine left practice with an undisclosed injury.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of undisclosed
Adjective
  • Of course, Yamagata is a long way to go just to peep some jellyfish, so combine a visit with the misty temples of nearby Dewa Sanzan, three mountains sacred to the ascetics of the esoteric Shugendo religion.
    — Jessica Kozuka, Travel + Leisure, 2 Aug. 2026
  • To waste all these resources on some esoteric arty thing, that’s when the schism started to happen for me.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 July 2026
Definition of esoteric
Adjective
  • Backyard weddings are among the most sentimental and intimate of celebrations.
    — Rosie Jarman, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2026
  • In the film, his signature use of colors— blazing red, forest green, deep blue, golden yellow, lavender pink — and intimate chamber-drama staging transform domestic interiors into spaces of moral clarity.
    — Vanessa Rampton, STAT, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of intimate

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