secretes

present tense third-person singular of secrete
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
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • 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
  • 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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