1
as in disclosing
to make known (as information previously kept secret)
uncloaked the latest plan for improvements to the state capitol
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2
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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By suddenly disclosing its true holdings, China could drive up gold prices while signaling stronger backing for the renminbi, thus weakening the dollar’s global clout.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025 -
None of this requires disclosing the weights or the particular data that gave the model its power.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Oct. 2025
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Olympia is clearly torn about the situation, and almost confesses to Matty, but her fear that Julian's crimes could ruin the lives of their children keeps her mouth shut and her mind focused on exposing Senior.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Recent searches for a new police chief have taken over a year to complete, often exposing dysfunctions in the city’s branches of leadership.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
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Biden, 82, first disclosed his cancer diagnosis in May, revealing that the disease had spread to his bones.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Oct. 2025
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Even if devices are turned off, the system can generate information from other active WiFi devices in the environment, revealing presence and movement without consent.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Oct. 2025
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Tackling a complex problem Xu’s research is uncovering how much more complex nanoplastic behavior becomes once environmental factors are introduced.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
17 Oct. 2025
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There was little money in this kind of work, only the satisfaction of uncovering information that powerful people didn’t want the public to know.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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Health inspectors cited the soul food restaurant after discovering that the kitchen handwashing sink was blocked with multiple plastic buckets in the sink basin.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Levy was cast by Mark Bennett, arguably best known for discovering Amy Adams via 2005’s Junebug.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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The shared ambivalence of all of these critics was telling.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
17 Oct. 2025
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Ye Fan for The New York Times Caroline Palmer was telling the story of how she got hired at Vogue in 2001 when a waitress at Tierney’s Tavern plunked two pints of beer and a pile of glistening onion rings on the table between us.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Uncloaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncloaking. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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