CURTAINING Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

curtaining

verb

present participle of curtain

as in concealing

to keep secret or shut off from view she dropped her head in shame and curtained her face with her hair

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Well, that’s kind of what the National Institutes of Health is now proposing—concealing from applicants the scores that their grant application receive from scientific peer review.

— Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Amazon, Google, Meta and Elon Musk’s xAI all have demanded nondisclosure agreements with local governments, concealing their identity and intent until deals are almost done.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of concealing

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But there were too many multiple traumas and trauma swappings that wound up obscuring the issues.

— Beatrice Verhoeven, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026
In the video, the shooting officer’s arms and long gun block his camera’s view, obscuring Tucker in the moments before he was shot.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of obscuring

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Filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain crafts a taut supernatural drama that dissects the patriarchy hiding beneath the veneer of a fairytale wedding.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2026
Then there are all the people hiding in the hills, and those who have taken refuge in the homes of Moroccan relatives in Ceuta.

— Miguel Macias, NPR, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of hiding

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Journalists argue this creates a severe conflict of interest and raises critical data security concerns, especially given past assaults on reporters covering immigration enforcement.

— Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Said alleges that the companies later mishandled her requests for medical accommodations following an assignment covering the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.

— Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of covering

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Lancôme’s Teint Idôle Ultra Wear All Over Concealer offers buildable, natural-looking coverage that can camouflage melasma, sunspots, and other hyperpigmentation without masking your skin entirely.

— Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026
Written and executive produced by Chandler Baker and executive produced by Susannah Grant, Discretion is a legal thriller about a summer associate Lenny (Fanning) at a prestigious Dallas law firm who uncovers a web of NDAs masking a dark truth.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of masking

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