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 The sticky honeydew secretions can attract ants and wasps, as well as lead to sooty mold. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 2 Oct. 2025 Berberine promoted insulin secretion in a dose-dependent manner. Trang Tran, Verywell Health, 30 Sep. 2025 Another suggestion is a condition called chromhidrosis, which causes the secretion of colored sweat. 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 See All Example Sentences for secretion
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Noun
  • Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding.
    James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Jonah escapes and speeds off in a bright yellow Jeep with Tali hiding in the back.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The vehicle could have been shoved down the steep hill instead of this a shoddy attempt at concealment.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
  • 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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“Secretion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretion. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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