uncover
verb (used with object)
to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
has uncovered
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present perfectof uncover (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Our police department has uncovered stolen cars, tracked criminals, and kept our city even safer with the help of Flock Cameras.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Our continuing nationwide scan of school system practices has uncovered more than 600 school districts, comprising more than 9,200 schools in 41 states, that openly practice alternative discipline methods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered a giant exoplanet hidden inside one of the most closely examined planetary systems in the Milky Way.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 23, 2026
An investigation has uncovered a series of alleged safeguarding failings linked to an east Belfast church where a man with 45 convictions was appointed as a lay pastor.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026
Only the other day Mr Flinders Petrie has told us how the spade has uncovered those impregnable walls of the Amorite cities which were reported to invading Israel by the spies of Moses....
From To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work by H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn) Moule
