1
as in to disclose
to make known (as information previously kept secret)
at the end of the book, the detective reveals the identity of the mysterious stranger
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2
as in to show
to make known (something abstract) through outward signs
a habitual smirk that reveals his contempt for other people
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Recent Examples of reveal
The Star revealed the cause of death last month after obtaining the autopsy report.
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Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Low-rise styles—particularly the provocative, butt-baring designs from Diesel, Dsquared2 and Duran Lantink—are redefining the standard for how much flesh is revealed.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
The Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů, the focus of this summer’s Bard Music Festival, at Bard College, had one of those voices which reveal themselves in a matter of seconds.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The incident reports speak little to the threats to traffic safety in Southeast Nashville but the data reveals another trend: census tracts that are 33%, 47% and 57% Hispanic or Latino.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
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Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 9 Sep. 2025
Low-rise styles—particularly the provocative, butt-baring designs from Diesel, Dsquared2 and Duran Lantink—are redefining the standard for how much flesh is revealed.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 8 Sep. 2025
The Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů, the focus of this summer’s Bard Music Festival, at Bard College, had one of those voices which reveal themselves in a matter of seconds.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
The incident reports speak little to the threats to traffic safety in Southeast Nashville but the data reveals another trend: census tracts that are 33%, 47% and 57% Hispanic or Latino.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for reveal
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Some of the victims were foreign nationals, though authorities have not disclosed specifics regarding their identities or nationalities.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The terms of the decade-long deal, which kick off with the 2025 Italian Grand Prix in Monza running Friday to Sunday, were not disclosed.—
Lily Templeton,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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For Tyler, the performance marked his return to the awards show stage after retiring from touring due to vocal injury.—
Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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The season-starting installment showed the duo arriving in London only to find a single living person remaining in the form of Stephen Merchant’s Julian.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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As The Athletic discovered on a recent stroll along the waterfront from the city centre, there’s certainly plenty of land ripe for development.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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For the uninitiated, the Hall effect, first discovered in 1879 by Edwin Hall, is a phenomenon where an electric current flowing through a conductor or semiconductor in the presence of a magnetic field produces a voltage across the material.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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The service will display the activities of not just stock traders, but also of those trading crypto, options and other assets.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
10 Sep. 2025
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This happened in Rhode Island, where a Tesla owner was allowed to display a vanity plate reading FKGAS.—
Eleanor Nash,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Initially dismissed as an accident, Charles, Oliver and Mabel dive headfirst into the investigation, uncovering a sprawling conspiracy that stretches beyond the building’s walls and entangles New York’s old mob families with its newest billionaires.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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In the area of the bridge ruins, a number of other artifacts were also uncovered.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Watch Thelma on Hulu Kinds of Kindness Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, this 2024 dark dramedy anthology is told across three loosely interwoven chapters, each exploring characters who take extraordinary measures to demonstrate their love to someone else.—
Hannah Kerns,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Royals demonstrated patience and diligently worked favorable counts before landing the knockout blow.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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The cause of the accident was not immediately known, although the car appeared to have derailed, which a source from the Lisbon Firefighters Regiment told local media may have been caused by a loose cable leading to brake failure.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
4 Sep. 2025
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Figma added four new AI-native tools to its platform this quarter and told investors on the call to expect significant investments in AI going forward.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
4 Sep. 2025
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The feel of the game betrays the development team’s excellent Super Mario Odyssey pedigree.—
Mitch Wallace,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Think how many times during Rodgers’ Green Bay tenure that the quarterback played well, only to have the Packers’ star-crossed special teams betray him.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Reveal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reveal. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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