uncloaking

Definition of uncloakingnext
present participle of uncloak
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as in exposing
to reveal the true nature of investigative reporters uncloaked the real estate tycoon, revealing him to be nothing more than a slumlord

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Verb
  • City officials, when wielding that exemption, must determine if the public interest in keeping documents secret outweighs the public interest in disclosing documents, First Amendment Coalition Executive Director David Snyder said.
    Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 12 May 2026
  • Tempura-ed squash blossoms disclosing caches of ratatouille?
    Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • As her lie begins to unravel, her hunger for validation spirals into something far darker, drawing a devastated father into a desperate search and exposing a culture more obsessed with spectacle than consequence.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 16 May 2026
  • Several towns split their votes between Lamont and Elliott, exposing a bitter divide within the state’s party over whether Connecticut should turn in a more progressive direction.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • The late-night host concluded his TV tenure in May 2015 after revealing his plans to retire the previous year.
    Erin Jensen, USA Today, 16 May 2026
  • Such spectroscopy is a powerful technique for in-depth studies of celestial objects, capable of revealing their rotation, motion, composition, distance, and much more.
    Phil Plait, Scientific American, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Ultimately, the team’s work resulted in uncovering documentary evidence of more than 1,000 incidents of ghost voting, forgery and other forms of vote fraud.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2026
  • Advertisement Marie discovers this information after uncovering that her daughter was having an affair with a married man.
    Barry Levitt, Time, 7 May 2026
Verb
  • Cannes, after all, has always prided itself on discovering and nurturing new talent — and pushing the envelope of what cinema both is and can be.
    Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 15 May 2026
  • For Birmingham, that means discovering what Alabama’s second-largest city really offers—especially its quietly stellar food scene that’s been racking up James Beard nominations.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • Instead, poor Jack is burdened with the task of telling the story of Willie Stark’s rise from the vantage of Willie Stark’s fall.
    Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
  • Are airlines basically telling consumers, Zach, that the era of ultra cheap flying just isn't profitable anymore?
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 12 May 2026
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“Uncloaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncloaking. Accessed 17 May. 2026.

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