as in concealed
to put into a hiding place
the police found the weapon secreted under the driver's seat of the getaway car
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Recent Examples of secreted
Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025
Or is there something murkier here, the leftovers of words or ideas secreted behind the picture frames or even in the very walls themselves?
—Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Sweat secreted during exercise flows along the microfluidic structures and fills each chamber in order.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
The long-acting amylin analogue which works by mimicking a hormone that is co-secreted with insulin in the pancreas to increase satiety.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Now, scientists are unraveling a dramatic story secreted away in rare, roughly 800 million-year-old volcanic rocks called carbonatites.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
These altered cells secreted proteins that were shown to reverse signs of aging in skin models.
—New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
The scroll might have been secreted inside the jewelry because Christianity was not yet widely accepted.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
The first is amylin, a hormone that is co-secreted with insulin in the pancreas.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024
Adjective
Melatonin Melatonin is a hormone secreted primarily by the pineal gland (located deep in the brain).
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025
Or is there something murkier here, the leftovers of words or ideas secreted behind the picture frames or even in the very walls themselves?
—Katie Da Cunha Lewin
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Sweat secreted during exercise flows along the microfluidic structures and fills each chamber in order.
—Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
The long-acting amylin analogue which works by mimicking a hormone that is co-secreted with insulin in the pancreas to increase satiety.
—Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 16 Sep. 2025
Now, scientists are unraveling a dramatic story secreted away in rare, roughly 800 million-year-old volcanic rocks called carbonatites.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Sep. 2025
These altered cells secreted proteins that were shown to reverse signs of aging in skin models.
—New Atlas, 10 Aug. 2025
The scroll might have been secreted inside the jewelry because Christianity was not yet widely accepted.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
The first is amylin, a hormone that is co-secreted with insulin in the pancreas.
—Bruce Gil, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secreted
Verb
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Clothes therefore became a clever signifier that could be displayed or concealed depending on the situation.—
Steve Salter,
CNN Money,
15 Oct. 2025
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The connections to the servers in the landing station a mile away had been installed, and a spaghetti of thick black cables lay concealed in the cube below the manhole.—
Samanth Subramanian,
The Dial,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Over three hours, small groups navigate a challenging underground world, scrambling over boulders, belly-crawling through narrow passages, and squeezing through tight spaces to discover hidden marble wonders.—
Heide Brandes,
AFAR Media,
15 Oct. 2025
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In other words, the hidden asset is knowledge itself—the connective tissue linking people, data and decisions.—
Adam Mills,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Wrapped in a towel, barely stirring, but slightly breathing, was a newborn baby girl buried beneath a foot of earth.—
Aishwarya S. Iyer,
CNN Money,
16 Oct. 2025
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Instead, town officials buried him in a pauper’s grave.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In one passage, the cameras follow water down a shower drain and into a cavernous subterranean universe; in another, Mike tumbles through a sky of stars.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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Unable to plausibly explain to the authorities what happened — or why she’s covered in her friends’ blood — Sarah is forced back to the subterranean depths to help locate her five missing companions.—
Caitlin White,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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By comparison, only two of 128 unexposed controls — 1.6% — showed such issues.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
27 Dec. 2024
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How would an undergrad completely unexposed to business and compensation practices critically digest this information?—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes,
5 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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The initial plan called for all department information, whether classified or not, be run past Pentagon officials before an outlet could be allowed to publish an article.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Exact details about the system are obviously classified, but the EW system seems to combine several advanced EW functions.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Under the new rules set to take effect later this year, five rare-earth elements were added to China’s existing list of seven other highly restricted rare-earth exports.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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Ochoa, 40, was placed in a restricted housing unit while the case is under investigation, officials said.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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