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Recent Examples of secretively
Early modern Europe was not an ideal place to enforce intellectual property rights, which in those days existed only when technologies could be secretively monopolized by a guild.
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Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretively
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Changing congressional maps in a bid to ensure one party’s victory over another — called gerrymandering — has typically been done more furtively.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Karalis supplies his colleagues with fluorescent orange utility uniforms and stealthily leads them through the back door of the Bank Al Muraqabah, located just below Rahim’s building.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Others are stealthily looking for deals, sales, using layaway options and trading brand preferences for affordability.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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Is he humiliated by being asked to leave surreptitiously for Olivia’s amusement, or is this a game for him too?—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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In many cases, fans were able to see that the tickets were surreptitiously forwarded to unrecognized accounts, presumably so they could be sold on third-party sites.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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From there, they are forced to deal with an aging group of matriarchs (June Squibb, Annette O’Toole and Marceline Hugot) who covertly run the town—not to mention the cold and calculating brothel manager Enid (Margo Martindale).—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Just last year researchers using similar brain imaging methods found that one in four behaviorally unresponsive patients was covertly conscious.—
Andrew Chapman,
Scientific American,
31 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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Coffee continues to reveal some health benefits – including the recent finding of promoting healthy aging in women – however, too much cream and sugar can sneakily add calories.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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Due to high humidity levels, mold can sneakily build up in bathroom corners and crevices.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Yet on this evening, the four women—a German, a Pole, a Belgian and a Frenchwoman—were playing Beethoven’s masterpiece, clandestinely since Jewish musicians were not considered worthy of playing such magnificent German works and were doing so just for their own pleasure.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Sep. 2025
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To boost their morale, Washington had the play clandestinely produced for his troops at Valley Forge during an especially bleak winter.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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The Dachshund’s History The AKC explains that the dachshund, developed in Germany in the 17th and 18th centuries for badger hunting, was bred with short, curved legs, strong digging chests, and protective skull features to battle underground.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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In the early 20th century Midwest USA, deep underground, a group of coal miners make an incredible discovery.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
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“Secretively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretively. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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