uncover
verb (used with object)
to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
have uncovered
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present perfectof uncover.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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In the years since her sentencing, her defence team have uncovered details about her childhood that they say the jury never had the chance to consider.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
By examining that feather, scientists say they may have uncovered an important clue to why birds became the only dinosaur lineage to survive the mass extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 11, 2026
Many of them have uncovered uncomfortable details about the party's finances.
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026
Billions of dollars the General Services Administration claims to have uncovered in “suspected fraud by federal contractors.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
In just the past decade, they have uncovered a huge mass of brand-new information, and there is plenty more ahead; the biologic revolution is evidently still in its early stages.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
