as in covertly
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Recent Examples of conspiratorially
That Hanson so could faithfully and conspiratorially convey that in her naturalistic, uncontrived images came from a place of friendship.
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Mark Holgate, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
Mark Holgate, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for conspiratorially
Adverb
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Meehan and Sabres player development director Don Luce traveled to Sweden, where Mogilny was competing in a tournament, and covertly ushered him back to North America.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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These word puzzles all covertly reference the years-old disappearance of Charlie, Martha’s brilliant older sister.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
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Other examples of politically motivated pirate radio can be found around the world, some of them clandestinely backed by governmental intelligence agencies, but many of them existing as truly grassroots endeavors.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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The audio recordings, shared by outlets including VSquare, Frontstory, Delfi Estonia, the Insider, and the Investigative Centre of Jan Kuciak, seem to have been clandestinely gathered.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Apr. 2026
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Unlike Monday's burial for Princess Irene, which follows a Saturday prayer service in Madrid and a funeral Monday at Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, the Tatoi interment for Sofia's mother, Queen Federica of Greece, was not official, and took place almost furtively.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
18 Jan. 2026
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This has become the central theme of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City—probably the most chaotic show in its franchise—whose characters are always trying to root out which of their frenemies is furtively digging up dirt and spreading rumors about their legal or financial woes.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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Gray-hat hackers, unlike white-hats, surreptitiously sneak into corporate systems to find security vulnerabilities.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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Scammers can create an AI replica of someone’s voice using a short recording of their speech — often pulled from social media or an earlier scam call that was surreptitiously recorded.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
29 May 2026
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“Conspiratorially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorially. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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