How to Use secrecy in a Sentence
secrecy
noun-
But the secrecy around the discipline process — and the outcome of the case — alarmed her.
— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2022 -
There’s an air of secrecy to the work some of these groups are doing.
— Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 7 Nov. 2022 -
The secrecy of the compound was evident in the wake of Medeiros’ death.
— Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023 -
The world of spies is, by its very nature, cloaked in secrecy.
— WIRED, 7 Jan. 2023 -
Why all the secrecy behind the event once celebrities leave the Met steps?
— Jailynn Taylor, Essence, 27 Apr. 2022 -
The secrecy about the film has been purposeful, as many of the cast members have said.
— Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2023 -
Then, the secrecy sleeve in the ballot is set aside until it’s time to count the ballots.
— Iris Samuels, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2022 -
Its secrecy laws are also among the strictest in the country.
— Robert Frank, CNBC, 13 Aug. 2024 -
Much of the deal is shrouded in secrecy, including the date of the hostages’ return.
— The Editors, National Review, 18 Aug. 2023 -
They are shrouded in secrecy in a way adult courts are not.
— Meribah Knight, ProPublica, 26 Oct. 2023 -
Each justice has four clerks — and secrecy is part of their job.
— Chris Megerian, ajc, 3 May 2022 -
This song is strictly for the hardcore, a note passed in secrecy from fan to fan, kept as an oath.
— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024 -
There’s a reason the whole thing had been shrouded in secrecy.
— Matthew Jacobs, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2023 -
The right of billionaires to travel in secrecy is a niche concern, to say the least.
— Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2022 -
All that secrecy fed into a sense of shame, and there was no reason for it.
— Jessica Biel, TIME, 14 May 2024 -
In her memoir, the e-mail marks the fulcrum between the secrecy of her past and her more open future.
— Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024 -
No sooner has the trio made a pact of secrecy than their families start to find out.
— Time, 30 June 2023 -
Despite the secrecy, some details have emerged, even as the final choice has not.
— Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2023 -
Chloe doesn’t worry about her secrecy — at least for now.
— Tanyel Mustafa, refinery29.com, 8 Oct. 2024 -
Starting in the 1970s, shelters were built on the assumption that secrecy is safest.
— Katheryn Houghton, CBS News, 24 May 2023 -
That model stems from the belief that secrecy keeps survivors safe from their abusers.
— Katheryn Houghton, CBS News, 24 May 2023 -
The military police could kick down any door with impunity, and the new band had to play in secrecy.
— Matthew Dursum, SPIN, 20 Nov. 2023 -
This means the secrecy and shroud of silence will continue at USC any time there is a scandal.
— Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2023 -
Steeped in secrecy and a burning desire for revenge, her return to Havana is a chance to right the wrong that has been done to her—and her prey is on the ship.
— Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 29 Sep. 2023 -
The cases have been shrouded in secrecy with sparse details about the nature of their cases.
— Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 17 May 2023 -
Many of the train stations that Putin travels to were constructed in secrecy.
— Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 16 Feb. 2023 -
Most of the participants, sworn to an oath of secrecy, took their identities as Tea Partiers to their graves.
— The Editors, National Review, 16 Dec. 2023 -
McKellen says that the secrecy and threat of scandal that Erskine has to endure is what pushes him to the dark side.
— Brent Lang, Variety, 7 Sep. 2023 -
Driving the news: The Defense Department lifted the veil of secrecy last week.
— Colin Demarest, Axios, 20 Nov. 2024 -
The Sisterhood’s secrecy and cultivation of strange powers are part of why those outside of the order see Reverend Mothers as almost superhuman beings.
— Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 4 Dec. 2024
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