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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as in secrecy
the quality or state of being private or confidential
All medical records are treated with complete confidentiality.
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Recent Examples of confidential
Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
All staff members interviewed for the investigation were instructed to keep proceedings confidential, but those accused became aware of who made the allegations against them early on in the process, according to Hiestand’s report.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025
The National Maternal Mental Health Hotline offers free, confidential support to new and expectant parents.
—Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 22 May 2025
Steve Madden, based in Long Island City, New York, said Adidas sued it twice in 2002 to challenge footwear with two parallel stripes and four parallel stripes, leading to a confidential settlement the next year.
—Jonathan Stempel, USA Today, 23 May 2025
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Adjective
Those CBAs also require that should there be a dispute as to whether the league, a club, a union, or a player abided by their obligations under the CBA, such dispute be settled through a confidential arbitration process.
—Chris Deubert, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
All staff members interviewed for the investigation were instructed to keep proceedings confidential, but those accused became aware of who made the allegations against them early on in the process, according to Hiestand’s report.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2025
The National Maternal Mental Health Hotline offers free, confidential support to new and expectant parents.
—Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 22 May 2025
Steve Madden, based in Long Island City, New York, said Adidas sued it twice in 2002 to challenge footwear with two parallel stripes and four parallel stripes, leading to a confidential settlement the next year.
—Jonathan Stempel, USA Today, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidential
Adjective
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The museums are typically built in the presidents’ home states with private donations and endowments.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
26 May 2025
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The center, which does not receive government funding, relies solely on private donations to keep their programs and facility up and running.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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This can be examined from the perspective of both production methods and content and aesthetic discussions: underground cinema is produced without the approval of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance, often filmed in secrecy and distributed through foreign festivals or the internet.—
Ali Farahmand,
IndieWire,
23 May 2025
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It was put together with staggering speed to maintain secrecy.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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Who wouldn’t buy anything O’Connor, with his darling secret smile, tells them?—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
23 May 2025
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Reubens had a few secret words of his own: gay, Guy, cancer.—
Michael Schulman,
New Yorker,
23 May 2025
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From regulatory uncertainty to ethical considerations around data privacy and workforce impact, the conversation around AI needs to be bigger than just technology.—
Dean Leavitt,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Emilie Kiser — the 26-year-old influencer who built a TikTok following of 3.4 million for her mom-and-wife lifestyle content — filed the suit over privacy concerns.—
Viola Flowers,
NBC news,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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The actual ranges of these missiles remain classified.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
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While serving as an information technology specialist, Teixeira used a secure workstation at his Massachusetts base to conduct hundreds of searches for classified documents related to national defense information that were unrelated to his duties, prosecutors said.—
Linsey Davis,
ABC News,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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Some boats are large enough to carry personal kayaks and camping equipment.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Medora Lee is a money, markets, and personal finance reporter at USA TODAY.—
Medora Lee,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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The next scene picks up with Abby at an undisclosed location that’s revealed to be the football stadium that the WLF (Washington Liberation Front) has been using as their headquarters.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
27 May 2025
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Saks Global is owned by Hudson’s Bay Company, while Amazon also invested an undisclosed amount in the new entity when it was formed in December last, alongside Salesforce and software investing firm Insight Partner, plus Authentic Brands Group, which all agreed to be minority partners.—
Mark Faithfull,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2025
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Everyone knows Gaudí’s architecture; his furniture is a more esoteric thing.—
Anthony Paletta,
Curbed,
20 May 2025
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His tastes ebbed and flowed between aggressive music and more esoteric tastes, as his collaborators came to range from Richard Thompson to Hal Willner, whose tribute to Federico Fellini and Nino Rota included contributions from Thomas, as did a collection of sea shanties.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Confidential.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confidential. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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