as in disclosure
the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed
the revelation of the movie star's secret marriage by the tabloids a new biography of the former president that contains several shocking revelations
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Recent Examples of revelation
Yet even among all the familiar quirks, there was one revelation that caught the family off guard.
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Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
But concerns continued to mount, especially following the 2009 revelation of Iran's Fordow nuclear enrichment facility, which was initially kept secret from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 6 June 2026
This week’s quiz spotlights hard launches and Hollywood revelations.
—Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Jesse Ridgway has always shared his life with his millions of followers, but his latest revelation has polarized his audience — and even brought on death threats.
—Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
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Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 7 June 2026
But concerns continued to mount, especially following the 2009 revelation of Iran's Fordow nuclear enrichment facility, which was initially kept secret from the International Atomic Energy Agency.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 6 June 2026
This week’s quiz spotlights hard launches and Hollywood revelations.
—Danielle Minnetian, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2026
Jesse Ridgway has always shared his life with his millions of followers, but his latest revelation has polarized his audience — and even brought on death threats.
—Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 6 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revelation
disclosure
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The facility's revelation came less than two years after North Korea unveiled another covert uranium-enrichment plant in September 2024, in its first public disclosure of such a facility since showing one at the country's main Yongbyon nuclear complex to visiting American scholars in 2010.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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But three days after the DA’s office made this disclosure, Williams filed a new court document asking the judge to disregard the exhibit letters and the arguments upon which they were based.—
Thomas Lake,
AJC.com,
4 June 2026
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“Revelation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revelation. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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