as in secluded
screened or sequestered from view
a hidden beach that very few know how to get to
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as in concealed
to put into a hiding place
the thief had hidden the stolen jewelry under the floorboards
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as in suppressed
to keep secret or shut off from view
he tried to hide his criminal past she hid the cat's litter box behind a screen
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Recent Examples of hidden
Natalie Leticia Gallón, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
By 2017, her private life was unraveling amid family tensions, abusive coaching and hidden trauma.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
The book’s heroine, Catherine Morland, is an avid reader of the popular novels of the day, and has a specific fondness for Ann Radcliffe’s real-life 1794 best seller, The Mysteries of Udolpho, a tale of ghostly figures and hidden manuscripts.
—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
But the changes that could result in those savings for now remain hidden from public view.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
That fragility was underscored last October when a jaguar, an endangered species protected under Mexican law, was captured on a hidden camera in the area where Royal Caribbean plans to build its mega water park.
—Natalie Leticia Gallón, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
By 2017, her private life was unraveling amid family tensions, abusive coaching and hidden trauma.
—Ashlee Conour, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
The book’s heroine, Catherine Morland, is an avid reader of the popular novels of the day, and has a specific fondness for Ann Radcliffe’s real-life 1794 best seller, The Mysteries of Udolpho, a tale of ghostly figures and hidden manuscripts.
—Boris Kachka, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
But the changes that could result in those savings for now remain hidden from public view.
—Alex Derosier, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2026
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Adjective
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Willingham returned from lunch, then went from his secluded office to the locked evidence room, which he was not authorized to enter, multiple sources with knowledge of the events told CNN.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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For a few years now, Jonah McDonald, the naturalist for DeKalb County’s parks, has maintained several trail cameras in a secluded wetland at Mason Mill Park in Decatur.—
Charles Seabrook,
AJC.com,
7 Feb. 2026
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Economic growth fueled by foreign borrowing created an illusion of stability that concealed deepening structural decay.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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Women who brought the lawsuits said the university ignored their complaints and deliberately concealed abuse that happened for decades during examinations at the UCLA student health center, the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center or in Heaps’ campus office.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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Ukraine's air force said Russia launched two missiles and 183 drones into the country overnight, of which 156 drones were shot down or suppressed.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
5 Feb. 2026
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Congress was sidelined, independent media was suppressed, and opponents were detained, all under a veneer of legal authority.—
Alejandro Reyes,
Washington Post,
3 Feb. 2026
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But then, on a sweltering Alabama afternoon in the summer of 2024, somebody snuck into the police department’s evidence room.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
7 Feb. 2026
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The first was an odd-angle shot that sneaked by Andrei Vasilevskiy.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Conditions can vary significantly over short distances in the mountains, particularly overnight, as cooler air pools in higher terrain and sheltered areas.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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How to Harden Off Plants To begin hardening off plants, move the seedling trays and pots outdoors to a sheltered section of your yard that receives dappled light.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Feb. 2026
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Some years ago, The Andrea, a seasonal seafood restaurant on the west end of Misquamicut Beach in Westerly, posted a black-and-white photo on Facebook showing a line of cars buried in the sand.—
Kathleen Hill,
The Providence Journal,
7 Feb. 2026
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The bottle’s survival through two World Wars, the Great Depression and a century buried in a cellar is exceptional.—
Pin Yen Tan 9 min ago,
CNN Money,
6 Feb. 2026
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Authorities have not identified the individual, who is masked in the photos.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
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Parents and community members spoke about the trauma caused if armed and masked immigration agents enter schools — an environment that should be a sanctuary for learning, not a stage for political terror.—
Randy Linville,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Feb. 2026
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Expecting to find traces of the past in the old town of Regensburg, at first, archaeologists believed nothing that exciting lurked here.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
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The Dodgers have lurked in the higher end of this free-agent market with shorter-term scenarios that carry bigger annual salaries.—
Matt Gelb,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Hidden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hidden. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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