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Synonyms

in secret

Idioms  

  1. Unknown to others, privately. For example, They met in secret, or, as Shakespeare put it in Love's Labour's Lost (5:2): “One word in secret.” [Second half of 1400s]

Example Sentences

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“Any self-imposed pause could lift at any moment, in secret and without warning,” the Maryland Attorney General’s Office wrote in response.

From Slate • Apr. 27, 2026

The Vatican also played a major role in secret negotiations that led the Obama administration to re-establish full diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2015.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Like many others living in the house, K also lost teeth due to poor dental hygiene, and was forced to wash in secret at night.

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

“Their fee structure was designed in secret by board members of the PRO,” said Eric Hoplin, president and chief executive of the group.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

He needed privacy for this thing he was discovering about himself: a place to test it in secret, to weigh his own fear for what it meant.

From "Messenger" by Lois Lowry

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