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
The county disagrees, arguing the recording remains confidential because the executive session involved consultation with attorneys on multiple legal matters as well as discussion of a personnel matter.
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Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2026
Their testimony would remain confidential, but their names would ultimately be made known to Delta.
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Emma Hurt,
AJC.com,
25 June 2026
The government and lawyers representing the American Academy of Pediatrics, among other groups, have disagreed on what materials that will be considered in the case should be confidential.
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Helen Branswell,
STAT,
25 June 2026
Sponsors review drafts only to guard confidential material, the university added, or in cases where a sponsor is a co-author of a work.
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Maddie Stone,
ProPublica,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for confidential
Nora O'Neill,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2026
Their testimony would remain confidential, but their names would ultimately be made known to Delta.
—
Emma Hurt,
AJC.com,
25 June 2026
The government and lawyers representing the American Academy of Pediatrics, among other groups, have disagreed on what materials that will be considered in the case should be confidential.
—
Helen Branswell,
STAT,
25 June 2026
Sponsors review drafts only to guard confidential material, the university added, or in cases where a sponsor is a co-author of a work.
—
Maddie Stone,
ProPublica,
25 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for confidential
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidential
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Rodríguez also said the country’s entire public and private healthcare network had been activated to treat the injured, urging doctors, nurses and other medical personnel to report immediately to their workplaces.
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Delta Air Lines is metro Atlanta's largest private employer.
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Adding this recipe's not-so-secret ingredient, Bisquick, is a game changer for classic sausage balls.
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Martin Sheen is the Army captain tasked with going on a secret mission to Cambodia to assassinate a special forces officer (Marlon Brando) who's gone rogue and might actually be nuts.
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Agencies must first try to locate potentially relevant files, often by keyword search, then remove or redact anything classified, sensitive, or otherwise exempt from disclosure.
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Therefore, future discoveries, both within our solar system and beyond it, could further reshape scientists' understanding of planetary systems and how planets are classified.
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Bryan West Madison Square Garden does hold personal significance for Swift.
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This podcast got me a boyfriend ever since Travis decided to use it as his personal dating app about two years ago.
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To pull it off, Video Rebirth in March closed a seed round totalling $80 million at an undisclosed valuation.
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The Elk Grove Police Department will hold a sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint at an undisclosed location Friday, the agency said in a news release.
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Afterwards, group members went on to form several other hugely meaningful outfits such as Slint, Gastr Del Sol, Bastro, Papa M and the For Carnation, transmuting Squirrel Bait’s Reagan-era aggression into more esoteric, impossible-to-classify sonic explorations.
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This offers the do-it-yourself warrior a simple, direct route from antiquated lead-acid to state-of-the-art lithium without having to search for esoteric parts online.
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For a more intimate atmosphere and a bit more space, Potato Head Suites, just across the courtyard, is a better pick.
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Sittenfeld deftly situates the problems of patriarchy and class politics within an intimate, decades-long love story—and what is more American than that potent mix?
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“Confidential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confidential. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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