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
Another suggestion is a condition called chromhidrosis, which causes the secretion of colored sweat.
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
But, unlike most glands, including the apocrine glands in human armpits, they are not connected to the secretions of the body that houses them, and so might be better described as pockets.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Look for unusual stains or scents around your windows or on your upholstered furniture, which could potentially be signs of insect secretions.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
Holding a Sonoran Desert toad and squeezing the slimy glands on its head to extract its toxic secretions is a strange experience.
—Christopher Timmermann, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
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Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2025
But, unlike most glands, including the apocrine glands in human armpits, they are not connected to the secretions of the body that houses them, and so might be better described as pockets.
—Literary Hub, 19 Sep. 2025
Look for unusual stains or scents around your windows or on your upholstered furniture, which could potentially be signs of insect secretions.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
Holding a Sonoran Desert toad and squeezing the slimy glands on its head to extract its toxic secretions is a strange experience.
—Christopher Timmermann, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretion
Noun
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That includes Princess Hind (Aiysha Hart), who has been in hiding deep in the desert with her father King Numan (Ghassan Massoud).—
Carlos Aguilar,
Variety,
2 Oct. 2025
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Margot Frank, Anne’s older sister, received her notice dated July 5, 1942, thus prompting the family to go into hiding above the Frank family’s office building in central Amsterdam.—
Time,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their lives were based on concealment and pretense, and my writing is the opposite.—
Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
28 Sep. 2025
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As Kraus left the interview at the news station, police in Albany arrested him on two counts each of second-degree murder and concealment of a corpse.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Secretion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretion. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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