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Recent Examples of covertly
From there, they are forced to deal with an aging group of matriarchs (June Squibb, Annette O’Toole and Marceline Hugot) who covertly run the town—not to mention the cold and calculating brothel manager Enid (Margo Martindale).
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Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Just last year researchers using similar brain imaging methods found that one in four behaviorally unresponsive patients was covertly conscious.
—Andrew Chapman, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2025
But in true lesbian pulp tradition, and at a time when book bans, censorship and anti-LGBTQ sentiments are at a fever pitch, some will inevitably read this anthology covertly, concealed in closets or under the bed.
—Trish Bendix
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Russia covertly supported them with troops, tanks and artillery.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Companies like Meta that covertly profit from users' most intimate information must be held accountable.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
The building’s landlords had sent agents and friends to dine covertly in its quest to find an anchor hospitality tenant with staying power, and everyone returned with rave reviews.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Travis Bean, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Just last year researchers using similar brain imaging methods found that one in four behaviorally unresponsive patients was covertly conscious.
—Andrew Chapman, Scientific American, 31 Aug. 2025
But in true lesbian pulp tradition, and at a time when book bans, censorship and anti-LGBTQ sentiments are at a fever pitch, some will inevitably read this anthology covertly, concealed in closets or under the bed.
—Trish Bendix
august 21, Literary Hub, 21 Aug. 2025
Russia covertly supported them with troops, tanks and artillery.
—Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Companies like Meta that covertly profit from users' most intimate information must be held accountable.
—Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
The building’s landlords had sent agents and friends to dine covertly in its quest to find an anchor hospitality tenant with staying power, and everyone returned with rave reviews.
—Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for covertly
Adverb
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People who make films clandestinely.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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Yet on this evening, the four women—a German, a Pole, a Belgian and a Frenchwoman—were playing Beethoven’s masterpiece, clandestinely since Jewish musicians were not considered worthy of playing such magnificent German works and were doing so just for their own pleasure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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That Hanson so could faithfully and conspiratorially convey that in her naturalistic, uncontrived images came from a place of friendship.—
Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
5 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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His personal physician, Admiral Cary Grayson, kept the severity of the stroke hidden from Congress and the American people, while his wife, first lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, surreptitiously took charge of matters of state.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Is he humiliated by being asked to leave surreptitiously for Olivia’s amusement, or is this a game for him too?—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Covertly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/covertly. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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