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as in confidential
not known or meant to be known by the general populace
the reporter suspected there was a hush-hush reason why the company agreed to the deal
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as in clandestine
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
top-echelon diplomats met in a hush-hush conference in a last-ditch effort to head off an international crisis
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Recent Examples of hush-hush
Even by the usual standards of federal secrecy, the satellite project was extremely hush-hush.
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William J. Broad, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Feel it’s been kept very hush-hush, which seems to be the Forest way.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Here are 9 hush-hush destinations for your next quiet adventure.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
To cash in on these hush-hush discounts before they’re gone, just head to Rue La La to log in or create a free account using your email address.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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William J. Broad, New York Times, 19 May 2025
Feel it’s been kept very hush-hush, which seems to be the Forest way.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Here are 9 hush-hush destinations for your next quiet adventure.
—Graham Averill, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
To cash in on these hush-hush discounts before they’re gone, just head to Rue La La to log in or create a free account using your email address.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hush-hush
Adjective
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Her usual duties included accessing confidential deputy records and internal affairs investigations.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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The city argued the policy was confidential, and would interfere with the department’s ability to fight crime.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
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American veterans and others have traveled to smaller, clandestine clinics for treatment to deal with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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Gi-hun, who’d found his way back in the clandestine gaming complex (situated inside a mountain on a remote island), is Player 456 again among a new round of contestants.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Peter Vack This fictional tale collapses the internet, theater, and the movie screen into a dystopian world where, with the creation of a world blurring online and offline, the three merge into a secret fourth thing.—
Matt Shaw,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Amazon’s secret outlet has more than 20,000 markdowns on summer clothing and accessories.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
28 June 2025
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On June 24, undercover agents attempted to purchase fireworks from Pan.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025
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Conan Edogawa and Detective Kogoro Mouri join the Nagano prefectural police to investigate a break-in at the observatory while uncovering a deeper plot involving undercover agents, betrayal, and vengeance.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
30 June 2025
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Relocating them is extremely costly and often impractical, leaving many residents effectively trapped – and private equity firms are exploiting this vulnerability, Schwank said.—
Lauren Jessop,
The Washington Examiner,
30 June 2025
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The Financial Times reported last week that Meta is seeking $29 billion from private capital firms for its all-in push to build AI data centers.—
Sharon Goldman,
Fortune,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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Now, after Operation Midnight Hammer, arguably one of the most perfect covert military operations in U.S. history, who could argue? Even Trump’s most ardent critics had to give him credit.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
28 June 2025
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This deliberately allusive narrative style enables the author to elude the topic of Nazism—or at least to hint at it in a covert way, thus making the novel acceptable to a wide German audience at the time of its publication in 1968.—
Ombline Damy,
JSTOR Daily,
26 June 2025
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This ambitious project is powered by an army of 432 small robots that are moving the massive structure about 33 feet each day to make way for a new underground development.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his cabinet directed the British war effort during World War II from this secret underground complex.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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“Hush-hush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hush-hush. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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