leak
noun
an unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes.
leaked
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past participleof leak.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof leak.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
leaknounan unintended hole, crack, or the like, through which liquid, gas, light, etc., enters or escapes.
Example Sentences
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Drawn from a trove of leaked data—browser history, emails, calendars and screen recordings pulled from the team’s own computers—our yearlong investigation offers a rare look at how North Korea’s undercover workers get hired.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
And it emerged from a damages suit about leaked records that placed no tax liability in controversy.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Though the story eventually leaked in Canada and later aired on CBS in its original form, the message Weiss sent to the newsroom was unmistakable.
From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2026
More than six years after the pandemic's onset, the debate over whether Covid-19 leaked from a lab remains intense.
From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026
When Nixon came in, Kissinger launched into a lecture about how the president didn’t seem to grasp the danger of allowing top secret documents to be leaked to the press.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
