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as in hid
to put into a hiding place
wisely concealed the documents in a drawer beneath a false bottom
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as in obscured
to keep secret or shut off from view
the defense attorney accused the prosecutor of trying to conceal exculpatory evidence
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as in disguised
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as in hidden
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Recent Examples of concealed
Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors also alleged Friday that between December 2024 and September 2025, Blain destroyed or concealed city communications that were public records subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act.
—Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Though the structures appear to only be heads, many of them have full bodies that have been concealed by sediment over the centuries.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
The train containing the four ride vehicles, including the Dodge Charger, will be concealed during this initial test phase — though a version of the Charger chassis was revealed to media this summer.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Clothes therefore became a clever signifier that could be displayed or concealed depending on the situation.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
The connections to the servers in the landing station a mile away had been installed, and a spaghetti of thick black cables lay concealed in the cube below the manhole.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Their faces are partially concealed by masks.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
People still are prohibited from carrying guns — openly or concealed — in certain areas, including schools and university campuses; professional athletic events not related to firearms; hospitals; police stations; courts and polling places.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
Watch it for its skin-deep enticement, its powerful visual devices, but also its concealed malignancy.
—Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Beyond the housing units that concealed this bloody event, a truck rumbled along the road, a basketball bounced, children squealed, the sounds foreign, from another world.
—Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Prosecutors also alleged Friday that between December 2024 and September 2025, Blain destroyed or concealed city communications that were public records subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act.
—Susan Gill Vardon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
Though the structures appear to only be heads, many of them have full bodies that have been concealed by sediment over the centuries.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
The train containing the four ride vehicles, including the Dodge Charger, will be concealed during this initial test phase — though a version of the Charger chassis was revealed to media this summer.
—Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2025
Clothes therefore became a clever signifier that could be displayed or concealed depending on the situation.
—Steve Salter, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2025
The connections to the servers in the landing station a mile away had been installed, and a spaghetti of thick black cables lay concealed in the cube below the manhole.
—Samanth Subramanian, The Dial, 14 Oct. 2025
Their faces are partially concealed by masks.
—Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2025
People still are prohibited from carrying guns — openly or concealed — in certain areas, including schools and university campuses; professional athletic events not related to firearms; hospitals; police stations; courts and polling places.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for concealed
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The gender nonconformity of the protagonists—all thinly disguised versions of Lee—is often obvious but never explicitly mentioned.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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Fifteen superfans will walk around with disguised pre-release Pixel hardware.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But beneath this viral joke among African Americans lurks a hidden history of slavery, voodoo, and rebellion.—
Essence,
Essence,
29 Oct. 2025
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And while the cuts – which could eventually top 30,000, according to Reuters – are likely to please Wall Street in the short term by padding Amazon’s profit margins, such drastic staff reductions bring longer term risks and hidden costs, Kriegel said.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
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In July 2024, Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter trial ended by being dismissed with prejudice after his attorneys argued that prosecutors had buried evidence.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
31 Oct. 2025
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Some victims were buried under rubble as of Wednesday morning.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
29 Oct. 2025
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One’s identity was obscured; the other two were Shelley Silver and Barbara Ozer, David’s mother.—
Steve Belanger,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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However, by creating sharp boundaries, the schema obscured the subtleties of what happened between them.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Quanta Magazine,
17 Oct. 2025
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Founded in 1982, The property features 18 rooms, seven cabins, a spa, dining porch and wine cellar on 250 acres perched on a nearly mile-high ridgeline with mist-shrouded, forever views of the rolling hills.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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When opinions overtake data, the path forward becomes shrouded in darkness, and the future becomes uncertain.—
Sheldon Jacobson,
Twin Cities,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In a 2023 report in Science, their team found that morphogens were indeed secreted just before a feather follicle started to bud.—
Anna Demming,
Quanta Magazine,
10 Oct. 2025
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Melatonin Melatonin is a hormone secreted primarily by the pineal gland (located deep in the brain).—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Nature and Faith He captures Lithuania (where Drizyte grew up and where her parents still live) in the freezing winter, too, with images shot on the Curonian Spit when it’s covered in snow.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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Such remediation costs may be covered by the tenant’s renter’s insurance policy, or perhaps by your own policy.—
Lew Sichelman,
Miami Herald,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Throughout a two-hour concert with a 41-song setlist, The Weeknd transformed the 69,000-person venue into an apocalyptic land in the ruins of a city inhabited by cloaked figures.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
13 Aug. 2025
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Nikitović took inspiration from old Westerns to dress Hart, wanting to introduce him like a mysterious, cloaked cowboy emerging from the desert.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Concealed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/concealed. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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