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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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The difference is that many organizations do so covertly to maximize profits.—
Ben Cohen,
Time,
15 Jan. 2026
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These brave whistleblowers spent seven years and countless hours collaborating with us, recording, investigating, and covertly transmitting files to investigate crimes perpetrated by corrections officers tasked with protecting, not harming, the men in their care.—
Andrew Jarecki & Charlotte Kaufman,
IndieWire,
15 Jan. 2026
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Panahi has spent most of his career making films clandestinely, without approval of authorities, and was until recently banned from leaving the country.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
11 Jan. 2026
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The original cover disappeared — in fact, was kept and sold clandestinely by a CBS executive for around $25,000 and later re-sold by Anonymous for over $250,000.—
David Zane Mairowitz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Dec. 2025
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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
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Fox said the exchange between him and Wasser when he was called back to the restaurant took about 10-12 seconds, but defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo suggested on Monday that the pair may have surreptitiously searched the backpack at that time and found the gun — or potentially planted it.—
Ben Brachfeld,
PEOPLE,
9 Dec. 2025
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In a way, I am being surreptitiously employed by the owner for two minutes.—
Francesco Pacifico,
The Dial,
9 Dec. 2025
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“Conspiratorially.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/conspiratorially. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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