unseal

Definition of unsealnext

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Recent Examples of unseal The motion also seeks to unseal the affidavit in support of the FBI’s search warrant. Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026 Chris Parente, who represents Martinez in Chicago, was in court Thursday asking the judge to unseal evidence, including bodycam footage, that shows what happened the day Martinez was shot. Jude Joffe-Block, NPR, 31 Jan. 2026 The Gossip Girl actress' addition comes at a critical moment in the case, as the court prepares to unseal additional depositions, text messages and other records that are expected to become central evidence in the legal fight. Elizabeth Rosner, PEOPLE, 16 Jan. 2026 The media lawyers also are seeking to unseal a transcript of testimony given in October by Department of Justice attorney Sean Skedzielewski, which was done in a closed courtroom after the government claimed there were national security concerns. Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unseal
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Verb
  • The storm, which hit the New York area in October, 2012, unlocked billions of dollars in resilience spending, with hurricanes, rather than heat waves or cloudbursts, as the focus.
    Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Philanthropy is at a tipping point, yet is more essential than ever in unlocking the inherent strength and potential within communities.
    Semafor Events, semafor.com, 5 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Well, technically in person: Shelley leaves the door ajar but doesn’t unlatch it, so Aggie has to plead her case through the crack.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Raven is ever attentive to the imaging of the West as a kind of battleground, where surveillance (and the camera’s inexorable links to the military apparatus) tussles with sentimentality in a centuries-long project from which the national psyche cannot seem to unlatch.
    Anne Reeve, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • If your button-down outfit is in need of a little spice, a quick trick is to unfasten the top and slip out a single shoulder.
    Sri Rain Stewart, InStyle, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026

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“Unseal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unseal. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.

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