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as in confidential
not known or meant to be known by the general populace
the reporter suspected there was a hush-hush reason why the company agreed to the deal
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as in clandestine
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
top-echelon diplomats met in a hush-hush conference in a last-ditch effort to head off an international crisis
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Recent Examples of hush-hush
The bar and banquettes are equally suited to special occasion dining and hush-hush power broker meetings.
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Jessica Ritz, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
To access the hush-hush sale, head to Rue La La now and make a free account using your email address.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
But Vicious Biscuit is hush-hush about who owns it.
—Gary Stern, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
For the most loyal Delta fliers, there’s a separate invite-only program that is very hush-hush.
—Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2024
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Jessica Ritz, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
To access the hush-hush sale, head to Rue La La now and make a free account using your email address.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
But Vicious Biscuit is hush-hush about who owns it.
—Gary Stern, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
For the most loyal Delta fliers, there’s a separate invite-only program that is very hush-hush.
—Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 27 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for hush-hush
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hush-hush
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According to people familiar with the confidential talks, New York’s negotiators have offered New Jersey hundreds of millions of dollars to settle the lawsuit.Ana Ley, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Sarkozy, a conservative who remains an important figure in French politics even after leaving office in 2012, had been found guilty by a lower court of trying to bribe a judge and of peddling influence in exchange for confidential information about a probe into his 2007 campaign finances.Reuters, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
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For many young adults, the season of joy was a clandestine opportunity to enjoy their favorite herb in a hush-hush, counterculture way.Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2024
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What the seventh art has been notoriously bad at is exploring the concept of female desire, in all of its complexities and clandestine, dark-corner complications.David Fear, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
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Outdoors, the landscaped grounds are laced with live oak trees and host formal gardens adorned with a life-size chessboard and a secret swing.Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
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Rana recommends coming up with a secret code word to use with your family.Audrey Nguyen, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
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In Season 1, Jun-ho infiltrates the games undercover in order to investigate what happened to his brother.Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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Abdullah Azz al-Din Taha Muhammad Hassan allegedly provided bomb-making instructions and plans on how to attack the Manhattan consulate to an undercover FBI source, according to court documents.Louis Casiano, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
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Hazmat crews from the state as well as a private company responded to the scene.Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024
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But as long as your private information remains private, you would hardly be victimized.Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
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But all of that changed starting in 2017, when Mr. Trump became president amid the F.B.I. investigation into Russia’s covert attempt to manipulate the 2016 election and the nature of the ties between his campaign and Moscow.Charlie Savage, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2024
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The indictment shows that the FBI unraveled some of the covert schemes and identified specific perpetrators.Michael Kan, PCMAG, 12 Dec. 2024
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The Netflix series, written by Joe Barton (the creator of the underrated crime thriller Giri/Haji), is a darkly funny, thrillingly brutal, ludicrously self-aware yarn about underground crime networks, diplomatic crises, and espionage.Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
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Complete decommissioning can include felling or dismantling the turbines, partially or wholly removing the turbine foundations and underground cables, removing the ground-level facilities, and restoring the land to a usable state.Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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“Hush-hush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hush-hush. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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