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Recent Examples of secreted
Audrey Bruno, SELF, 7 Nov. 2025
Amylin is a hormone that is co-secreted with insulin through the pancreas and helps regulate blood glucose levels, appetite and gastric emptying, which is the process of food moving from the stomach to the intestines.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
In a 2023 report in Science, their team found that morphogens were indeed secreted just before a feather follicle started to bud.
—Anna Demming, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
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
Verb
Made from the milk-like substance secreted in late pregnancy and the first few days of breastfeeding, colostrum—normally only consumed by infants and other baby mammals, like calves—is being touted as a magic bullet for adults.
—Audrey Bruno, SELF, 7 Nov. 2025
Amylin is a hormone that is co-secreted with insulin through the pancreas and helps regulate blood glucose levels, appetite and gastric emptying, which is the process of food moving from the stomach to the intestines.
—Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2025
In a 2023 report in Science, their team found that morphogens were indeed secreted just before a feather follicle started to bud.
—Anna Demming, Quanta Magazine, 10 Oct. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secreted
Adjective
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Fans have been tearing the new Springfield Island map apart to unearth Easter eggs and hidden gags, including a full dissection of the notorious wonky house that the family inhabits.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
5 Nov. 2025
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On a hidden floor in an old hotel in the Alps, Nazi Germany is still alive in The Secret Floor (Das geheime Stockwerk), a time-travel adventure film for the whole family that wants to help children learn about the dark past.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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The green silk brocade dress featured a delicate pearl shoulder strap detail, a cap sleeve on one arm, a low-cut neckline and a floor-length design that concealed her shoes.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
5 Nov. 2025
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What, then, would West have made of Nat’s body, even concealed under a halter top?—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The town of about 600 sits at the northern foothills of the Smoky Mountains and offers hiking, caverns and Silver Falls, the tallest subterranean cascade in the eastern United States, according to World Atlas.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Nov. 2025
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Sweden has started construction on a similar project, and France, Canada and Switzerland are in the early stages of their subterranean disposal sites.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
9 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In Talisay city, rows of homes have been flattened and communities along the Mananga River buried in mud and debris.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Lino’s is a restaurant on 35th Street buried deep in the Garment District.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 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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There may be more to classified ads platform Dubizzle Group’s scrapped IPO than market timing.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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That's according to Anastasia Jimenez, a classified ombudsman for the district and president of the Classified Employees at Phoenix Union High School.—
Erick Trevino,
AZCentral.com,
10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Fort Worth commanders placed Johnson on restricted duty for the duration of the incomplete criminal and Internal Affairs Unit administrative investigations, according to a department spokesperson.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Nov. 2025
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Under Soviet rule, Dnipro had been a hub of the USSR’s military and space industries and a closed high security city with restricted access.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Secreted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secreted. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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