as in confidential
kept completely hidden from the public by high government officials
top secret documents The mission is top secret.
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Recent Examples of top secret
The extended sequence in which Hunt and his IMF team attempt to steal vital documents in a top secret handover elevated the series and secured its status as must-watch cinema.
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
As his search continues, the mole is selling the top secret information to the highest bidder and gathering enough resources to build a big enough bomb to blow up Manhattan.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Dec. 2024
Please know that OpenAI keeps its internal AI inner-workings top secret and considers its work to be proprietary.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
But John had not wanted to invite his aunt to their very private — and top secret — wedding on Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia, earlier that year, on Sept. 21.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
As his search continues, the mole is selling the top secret information to the highest bidder and gathering enough resources to build a big enough bomb to blow up Manhattan.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Dec. 2024
Please know that OpenAI keeps its internal AI inner-workings top secret and considers its work to be proprietary.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
But John had not wanted to invite his aunt to their very private — and top secret — wedding on Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia, earlier that year, on Sept. 21.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for top secret
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The deputy, who has since been relieved of duty, also admitted to lying on a search warrant, writing a fake search warrant and using confidential law enforcement databases to find information about the crypto mogul’s foes.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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In a confidential advisory opinion dated May 15, 2019, the city’s Conflicts of Interest Board had told the then-mayor that taxpayers could cover salaries and overtime of officers, but not food, lodging and other costs.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
18 Jan. 2025
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During the search, an officer encountered a man who had crossed a fence into a restricted area of the park, according to Bankhead.—
Tanasia Kenney,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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From January 13th, the geofencing function which prevented the drones from flying in restricted areas such as airports and military bases will no longer operate.—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Over time, these experiences cause the brain to become hyper-aware of any signs of disapproval, interpreting neutral or ambiguous situations as personal rejection.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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The senator’s personal wealth has exploded since his 2016 presidential run, with book advances and royalties propelling his net worth to around $3 million.—
Robert Schmad,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
24 Jan. 2025
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Smith himself resigned from the department earlier this month after submitting a two-volume report on the twin investigations into Trump’s efforts to undo the 2020 presidential election and his hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.—
Eric Tucker and Alanna Durkin Richer,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
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Millions of government records related to the Kennedy assassination have been released but some information remains classified and redacted.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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The billionaire declined to share details on his sources of financing, but said private equity firms and family offices have reached out to provide options.—
Krystal Hu,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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Court records show that in 2023, Rodrigues pleaded guilty to seven counts of stalking, stalking with a prior conviction and disclosing private images, but a judge suspended his prison sentence, instead ordering him to serve probation, the newspaper reported.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Certainly, the many other bravura moments of The Return suggest a storyteller with enough juice to make even his most fanciful, esoteric ideas and characters into reality.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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With athletic directors increasingly consumed by revenue generation, schools are relying more and more on outside firms to help fill holes up and down their staff directories, from Olympic sports coaches to even more esoteric positions.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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