top secret
adjective
1
: protected by a high degree of secrecy
a top secret weapon
a top secret meeting
2
a
: containing or being information whose unauthorized disclosure could result in exceptionally grave danger to the nation
top secret messages
compare confidential, secret
b
: of or relating to top secret documents
a top secret clearance
Examples of top secret in a Sentence
The mission is top secret.
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David Slater, 64, who had top secret clearance at his job at the U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska, pleaded guilty to a single count before a federal magistrate judge in Omaha on Thursday.
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CBS News, 14 July 2025
Other email chains contained information classified at levels below top secret.
—Madison Czopek, Austin American Statesman, 25 Mar. 2025
Operation Midnight Hammer involved top secret planning and a head fake, as two strike forces of B-2 bombers departed the U.S. flying in opposite directions late Friday night.
—CBS News, 22 June 2025
Asif William Rahman, a former CIA analyst, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for unlawfully transmitting and retaining top secret U.S. national defense information.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
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CBS News, 14 July 2025
Other email chains contained information classified at levels below top secret.
—Madison Czopek, Austin American Statesman, 25 Mar. 2025
Operation Midnight Hammer involved top secret planning and a head fake, as two strike forces of B-2 bombers departed the U.S. flying in opposite directions late Friday night.
—CBS News, 22 June 2025
Asif William Rahman, a former CIA analyst, was sentenced to 37 months in prison for unlawfully transmitting and retaining top secret U.S. national defense information.
—Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for top secret
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“Top secret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top%20secret. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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