as in disclosing
to make known (as information previously kept secret)
we tried to make him divulge the name of the winner, but he wouldn't budge
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Recent Examples of divulging
As for the search process, which will be for the club’s 10th head coach all-time (excluding interims), Onalfo is not divulging a specific timeline or coaching profile.
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Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
The actress hesitates for only a second before divulging the story.
—Galina Espinoza, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
Yet, without divulging specifics, Robbie does commit serious crimes throughout the series.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The Jeffrey Epstein files must be released (without divulging the names of the victims).
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2025
During part one, Brittany Cartwright recounted the domestic situation with her estranged husband, Jax Taylor, discussed throughout season two’s entirety, while also divulging new information about his alleged assault.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Julian Cardillo, Boston Herald, 16 Sep. 2025
The actress hesitates for only a second before divulging the story.
—Galina Espinoza, Flow Space, 10 Sep. 2025
Yet, without divulging specifics, Robbie does commit serious crimes throughout the series.
—Emily Longeretta, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
The Jeffrey Epstein files must be released (without divulging the names of the victims).
—Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 8 Aug. 2025
During part one, Brittany Cartwright recounted the domestic situation with her estranged husband, Jax Taylor, discussed throughout season two’s entirety, while also divulging new information about his alleged assault.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for divulging
Verb
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None of this requires disclosing the weights or the particular data that gave the model its power.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Chalamet then joined his director onstage to introduce the film, disclosing a personal connection to the evening.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The dark lavender-pink petals mature and fade to a soft pink, revealing a cluster of yellow stamens in the center.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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But what has shocked and outraged many is not only the brutality of the crime, but court documents revealing Dickey’s 39 arrests, and 25 felony charges before Logan’s murder.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
5 Oct. 2025
Verb
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What's your process for discovering which types of topics or stories will appeal to our search audience?—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Sacramento County health inspectors gave the Sacramento liquor store a yellow placard after discovering a frog in a sink and cockroaches in various spots.—
Sarah Linn,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And even in a film telling a universal story, some cultural allusions speak most strongly to the home audience.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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American technologists have been telling educators to rapidly adopt their new inventions for over a century.—
Justin Reich,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Each episode saw an actor pose as a teenager, uncovering a child predator in an anonymous online setting before reeling them in for an in-person meeting.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
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Chong Keat Aun’s Mother Bhumi stars Fan Bingbing as a woman in a Malaysian village in the 1990s uncovering the truth behind her husband’s death, while Zhang Lu, fresh from winning Busan’s Best Film Award for Gloaming In Luomu, is premiering Mothertongue, also starring Bai Baihe, in Tokyo.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Divulging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divulging. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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