as in disclosure
the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed
the revelation of the movie star's secret marriage by the tabloids a new biography of the former president that contains several shocking revelations
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Recent Examples of revelation
Plains Indian warrior shield etchings displayed in a gallery with Leigh’s sculptures and Cordero’s storytellers are a revelation.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
All of those things are massive revelations for him.
—Jim Halterman, Variety, 2 July 2025
But beneath each piece’s rugged finish lies a quiet revelation.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 2 July 2025
But recent revelations say the divided response to the last album cycle read too much into the bubbly early-aughts nostalgia on its aesthetic surface, not recognizing Solar’s pursuit of joy, smallness, and sated inaccessibility as coping strategies.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 June 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
All of those things are massive revelations for him.
—Jim Halterman, Variety, 2 July 2025
But beneath each piece’s rugged finish lies a quiet revelation.
—Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 2 July 2025
But recent revelations say the divided response to the last album cycle read too much into the bubbly early-aughts nostalgia on its aesthetic surface, not recognizing Solar’s pursuit of joy, smallness, and sated inaccessibility as coping strategies.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 27 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for revelation
disclosure
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Another piece of legislation, Senate Bill 1484, which sought to prevent algorithmic discrimination against employees and require disclosure of AI’s role in employee assessment, was passed by the Judiciary Committee but went no further in the legislative process.—
Angela Eichhorst,
Hartford Courant,
15 July 2025
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Mayors Mike Bloomberg, Bill de Blasio and Eric Adams, listening to their lawyers, have been wary of liability coming from the disclosures.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
15 July 2025
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“Revelation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revelation. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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