as in conceals
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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Verb
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Such mismatched windows can be a sign that an interior wall conceals unused space or that a room has been sealed off during renovations.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025 -
Thick and fast-growing, the greenery conceals a chain-link fence that helps with crowd control between the stands and field.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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This buries the block into the sand.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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According to the notice, the site uses a misleading logo, charges inflated prices and buries a disclaimer far down the page that does not meet state requirements.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Revenge softens some of Baron Frankenstein’s colder mannerisms into a more playful performance from Cushing; after escaping the gallows, the Baron hides his true identity and takes work at a hospital for the poor to access a supply of body parts.—
Rory Doherty,
Vulture,
20 Oct. 2025
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This type of bias often hides in plain sight.—
Chris Stevens,
Nashville Tennessean,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Secretes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretes. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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