CONFIDENTIALLY Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

confidentially

adverb

Definition of confidentially

as in privately

in a manner intended to prevent knowledge or awareness by others he was furious when his friend revealed to others information that he had shared confidentially

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Recent Examples of confidentially SpaceX went public in a record-setting IPO in June, the same month OpenAI confidentially filed for its own IPO. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 13 July 2026 Baidu confidentially filed a listing application for Kunlunxin on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at the start of the year, though offering details, including size and structure, were undecided then. — Justina Lee, CNBC, 29 June 2026 Anthropic and OpenAI have each confidentially submitted IPO paperwork to the SEC, though neither has set a public offering date. — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 21 June 2026 Getty Images On June 9, Anthropic released Claude Fable 5, the first of its Mythos-class models offered to the general public, days after the company confidentially filed for an IPO. — Christian Catalini, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026 Both companies have confidentially filed for an IPO within the last ten days, raising enormous stakes. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 11 June 2026

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He is seen as anti-business — FTSE-100 chairs and chief executives privately express horror at the idea of him as chancellor — and as market-unfriendly because he is viewed as less committed than Reeves to fiscal discipline.

— Ian King, CNBC, 15 July 2026
That gap between an anti-fraud rule and one that touches every American’s ability to communicate privately is forcing privacy experts to weigh in on the proposal’s implications.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 14 July 2026

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The drama The Housewife centers around a New York Times journalist who tracks down a potential Nazi officer living secretly in Queens.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 July 2026
Rogan suggested that his guest should hurry up with Iran-war negotiations and get on with the real business of the government, such as finding out whether the government is secretly hoarding extraterrestrial corpses.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 16 July 2026

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