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the practice or habit of keeping secrets or keeping one's affairs secret this administration's steadfast adherence to secrecy is beginning to cost it the trust of the voters

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Recent Examples of secrecy Season 1 and 2 contestant Kate Chastain told Vanity Fair in January 2023 that the production even employed security guards to ensure utmost secrecy. Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025 There is a continuing cost to secrecy in state government, McGraw said, pointing to how a lack of transparency contributes to corruption and the potential misuse of power. Anna Clark, ProPublica, 10 Jan. 2025 In her 30-year career, Laura has won numerous national awards for coverage of human trafficking, child welfare, crime and government secrecy. Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 23 Jan. 2025 That year, The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer of Raleigh investigated the secrecy cloaking the state’s poultry industry. Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for secrecy 

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“Secrecy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secrecy. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.

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