1
as in to reveal
to make known (as information previously kept secret)
the killer's identity won't be unmasked until the season's final episode
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2
as in to expose
to reveal the true nature of
unmasked the motives of the people advocating the sale of the publicly owned land
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Recent Examples of unmask
In the game, traitors are secretly chosen at the outset while the remaining contestants must work together to unmask them before being eliminated themselves.
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 June 2025
In one scene, Sheriff Cross strides unmasked through the local grocery store.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
To unmask fake cell towers, Android phones need to have version 3.0 of Google's IRadio hardware abstraction layer, which has to be supported at the modem level.
—ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
Ultimately, Pearl unmasked as country singer Gretchen Wilson.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 8 May 2025
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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 June 2025
In one scene, Sheriff Cross strides unmasked through the local grocery store.
—Scott Phillips, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
To unmask fake cell towers, Android phones need to have version 3.0 of Google's IRadio hardware abstraction layer, which has to be supported at the modem level.
—ArsTechnica, 27 June 2025
Ultimately, Pearl unmasked as country singer Gretchen Wilson.
—Dana Rose Falcone, People.com, 8 May 2025
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Further, staggered flashbacks reveal Corry’s lifelong anxiety over abandonment, stemming from the death of her mother in childbirth; the personal resonance of her mission at work to heal young families facing death and disease becomes poignantly clear.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Aug. 2025
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His Monday meeting in the Oval Office with Zelensky will likely reveal an evolution in their relationship, and Trump’s view of Putin, since their ghastly February blowout.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
16 Aug. 2025
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In the recent experiment, described in a paper published Aug. 13 in the journal Nature, the researchers made 0.4-inch-wide (1 centimeter) specks float in a vacuum chamber when exposed to light about 55% as intense as natural sunlight.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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In a larger way, the nothing-burger outcome exposes the flaws in Trump’s theory of diplomacy.—
Richard Stengel,
Time,
16 Aug. 2025
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The outcomes of the admissions process must also be disclosed to the government, so observers can track whether students with certain academic records were accepted or not.—
Anna Esaki-Smith,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Helion advised Brock Media on the deal whose terms were not disclosed by Studiocanal.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
6 Aug. 2025
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My research has uncovered pre-diagnosis versus post-diagnosis as a core variable in nutrition.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Aug. 2025
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On an island in the middle of the Florida Everglades, Taylor Stanberry — mostly nocturnal in the summer catching Burmese pythons — uncovered a wriggling nest of 30 baby pythons.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
15 Aug. 2025
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There ended up being a fire in the shop, and police discovered the victims (again, content warning for a violent crime), naked, tied up, burned, shot in the head with at least one of them having been raped.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Phony, which Hulu ordered as a pilot in October 2024, centers on Sonny (Nivola), a high school student who wakes up in the hospital after a car accident and discovers his mom, Ellen (Britton), has seemingly been replaced by an impostor.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Aug. 2025
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The reason for the lower top-of-the-range in the new guidance is due mainly to economic uncertainties, a spokesperson told WWD in an statement.—
Cathrin Schaer,
Footwear News,
6 Aug. 2025
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This excerpt tells the story of a most unusual act of humanity in one of the darkest places on Earth.—
Charles Pellegrino,
Rolling Stone,
6 Aug. 2025
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“Unmask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmask. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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