as in stashing
the placing of something out of sight
the secretion of their money in the backyard turned out to be a huge mistake
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Recent Examples of secretion
This two-way street allows your brain to influence your gut’s functions—like motility, secretion, and immune responses.
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Renée Onque, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2025
The drugs work by mimicking a hormone in the body — glucagon-like peptide-1 — that stimulates insulin secretion and reduces appetite.
—Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 2 Aug. 2025
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Cosrx's Snail 96 Mucin Essence—with 96 percent snail secretion—hydrates and repairs skin, fragrance-free.
—Parker Hall, Wired News, 11 July 2025
With the power of snail secretion filtrate, this lightweight essence can help moisturize and soothe dehydrated and damaged skin.
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Renée Onque, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2025
The drugs work by mimicking a hormone in the body — glucagon-like peptide-1 — that stimulates insulin secretion and reduces appetite.
—Steff Danielle Thomas, The Hill, 2 Aug. 2025
Photograph: Amazon Cosrx Advanced Snail Mucin 96 Percent Power Repairing Essence Serum
$25 $13 (48% off)
Amazon
$25
Nordstrom
Cosrx's Snail 96 Mucin Essence—with 96 percent snail secretion—hydrates and repairs skin, fragrance-free.
—Parker Hall, Wired News, 11 July 2025
With the power of snail secretion filtrate, this lightweight essence can help moisturize and soothe dehydrated and damaged skin.
—Bestreviews, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretion
Noun
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From her place in hiding, their leader María Corina Machado has kept the opposition movement alive.—
Kristina Foltz,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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There are troubling signs the company is either unaware of construction challenges or, in the worst case, hiding problems that lead to schedule slippage.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The trial also resulted in five other convictions of hospital and provincial health officials for concealment and omission-of-duty counts, the Buenos Aires Times and Chequeado reported.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
6 Sep. 2025
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Pham was indicted in June on multiple felony charges, including wire fraud, concealment of money laundering and bribery.—
Michael Slaten,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Secretion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretion. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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