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cover text

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noun

  1. a text that conceals an encoded message.


Example Sentences

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The response began: As sirens blared with instructions to take cover, text messages went out to students, faculty and staff.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2023

In the case of steganography, one of those distributions represents the cover text, and the other represents the ciphertext, which contains the hidden message.

From Scientific American • Jun. 15, 2023

The COP27 agreement cover text included language on multilateral development bank reform, encouraging the banks to do more with their capital and calling on shareholders to move this along.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2022

"It's important that we get a strong cover text," he told Reuters.

From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2022

The four-page draft cover text released Friday is a more consolidated version of a sprawling list of proposals the Egyptian COP27 presidency had published the day before.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022