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Recent Examples of surreptitiously
Gray-hat hackers, unlike white-hats, surreptitiously sneak into corporate systems to find security vulnerabilities.
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Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Scammers can create an AI replica of someone’s voice using a short recording of their speech — often pulled from social media or an earlier scam call that was surreptitiously recorded.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Brown raised Boyne’s bond, leading to his incarceration, after Boyne surreptitiously photographed a prosecution document in court and shared it with other sympathetic bloggers.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2026
Haslach also admitted to surreptitiously taking a photo of a minor in a swimsuit by positioning his cellphone under a classroom desk.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
Sometimes the batteries on the trackers would run low, and McGovern’s team would need to remove and recharge the devices, before surreptitiously replacing them.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Rarely before has a name so perfectly captured the look and feel of an endeavor that has, almost surreptitiously, dug its way into a space where it’s not supposed to be.
—Carl Juste, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
Katas wan't recording in the front seat, so Christine, seated beside the wives in the back, surreptitiously pulled out her phone to record Bateman.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Trump may have also relieved pressure on Democrats to surreptitiously help one of the Republicans to leap ahead, so as to avoid a 1-2 GOP outcome.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
Scammers can create an AI replica of someone’s voice using a short recording of their speech — often pulled from social media or an earlier scam call that was surreptitiously recorded.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 29 May 2026
Brown raised Boyne’s bond, leading to his incarceration, after Boyne surreptitiously photographed a prosecution document in court and shared it with other sympathetic bloggers.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 26 May 2026
Haslach also admitted to surreptitiously taking a photo of a minor in a swimsuit by positioning his cellphone under a classroom desk.
—Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 1 May 2026
Sometimes the batteries on the trackers would run low, and McGovern’s team would need to remove and recharge the devices, before surreptitiously replacing them.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Rarely before has a name so perfectly captured the look and feel of an endeavor that has, almost surreptitiously, dug its way into a space where it’s not supposed to be.
—Carl Juste, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
Katas wan't recording in the front seat, so Christine, seated beside the wives in the back, surreptitiously pulled out her phone to record Bateman.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Apr. 2026
Trump may have also relieved pressure on Democrats to surreptitiously help one of the Republicans to leap ahead, so as to avoid a 1-2 GOP outcome.
—Dan Walters, Oc Register, 6 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for surreptitiously
Adverb
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The building is stealthily spacious with 40 bedrooms, and there’s a serious Sisley spa, designed with monkish minimalism, plus four superb restaurants.—
Matt Ortile,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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The strategic insights that matter most—how to respond to a competitive threat, whether an acquisition makes sense, how to restructure around AI, and which leadership gaps are stealthily costing the company—are only partly products of rigorous thinking.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Adverb
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Unlike Monday's burial for Princess Irene, which follows a Saturday prayer service in Madrid and a funeral Monday at Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, the Tatoi interment for Sofia's mother, Queen Federica of Greece, was not official, and took place almost furtively.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
18 Jan. 2026
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This has become the central theme of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City—probably the most chaotic show in its franchise—whose characters are always trying to root out which of their frenemies is furtively digging up dirt and spreading rumors about their legal or financial woes.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Adverb
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So, New York must respond by trying to exploit the areas far in front of Wembanyama and sneakily behind him.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Rollins sneakily grabbed the title and put it near his abdomen.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
2 June 2026
Adverb
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Meehan and Sabres player development director Don Luce traveled to Sweden, where Mogilny was competing in a tournament, and covertly ushered him back to North America.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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These word puzzles all covertly reference the years-old disappearance of Charlie, Martha’s brilliant older sister.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
4 June 2026
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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.—
Niall Ferguson,
Foreign Affairs,
15 Aug. 2017
Adverb
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Other examples of politically motivated pirate radio can be found around the world, some of them clandestinely backed by governmental intelligence agencies, but many of them existing as truly grassroots endeavors.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
23 Apr. 2026
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The audio recordings, shared by outlets including VSquare, Frontstory, Delfi Estonia, the Insider, and the Investigative Centre of Jan Kuciak, seem to have been clandestinely gathered.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Surreptitiously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/surreptitiously. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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