dirty little secret

noun

: something bad that someone does not want people to know

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And while politicians promise lower prices on the campaign trail, the dirty little secret is that nobody wants prices to fall across the board. Nick Rockel, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024 In all these cases, kink is brought into the partnership for connection and isn’t hidden away like a dirty little secret. Myisha Battle, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024 The dirty little secret of the creator economy is that brands and platforms still disproportionately favor follower count over more meaningful engagement metrics. Jules Herd, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024 Here's the dirty little secret: most Olympic parks are actually in a rather sterile part of a world-class city. Sean Gregory / Paris, TIME, 28 July 2024 The technology’s energy needs for training and deployment are no longer generative AI’s dirty little secret, as expert after expert last year predicted surges in energy demand at data centers where companies work on AI applications. Reece Rogers, WIRED, 11 July 2024 That’s the dirty little secret exposed in the litigation over Trump’s immunity claim. Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 13 Jan. 2024 But the dirty little secret is that, due to the inevitable shuffling of schedules in spaceflight, Kelly and a Russia colleague, Mikhail Kornienko, spent 340 days in space rather than a full year of 365.25 days. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 18 Jan. 2023 The dirty little secret about cable news is that Fox News, MSNBC, CNN and all the other players benefit greatly from each other’s existence. Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2023

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“Dirty little secret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirty%20little%20secret. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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