as in concealment
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for covertness
Noun
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This week, the Iranian army announced the deployment of 1,000 drones with advanced stealth and anti-fortification capabilities.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
15 Jan. 2025 -
It's also made for blue-water combat conditions with an ability to handle dangerous sea states with a high degree of stealth and survivability.—
David Szondy,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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To the relief of everybody, weeks of rumors/subterfuge/smokescreens/innuendo come to a merciful end.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Courts throughout the country have repeatedly seen through this subterfuge.—
Daniel Wallach,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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His dad’s customary reticence meant Specktor had work to do.—
Lorraine Berry,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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His son visits Baghdad and Fallujah during summer vacations, puzzled by his family’s political reticence and by how his once prosperous cousins are impoverished by the sanctions regime of the 1990s.—
Lisa Anderson,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Covertness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/covertness. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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