top secret
adjective
1
: protected by a high degree of secrecy
a top secret weapon
a top secret meeting
2
a
: containing or being information whose unauthorized disclosure could result in exceptionally grave danger to the nation
top secret messages
compare confidential, secret
b
: of or relating to top secret documents
a top secret clearance
Examples of top secret in a Sentence
The mission is top secret.
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Veltri was leading the South Florida office when Trump was indicted in June 2023 on charges of withholding top secret documents from the U.S. government and conspiring with two of his Mar-a-Lago employees to obstruct efforts to retrieve them.
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
The two men faced felony charges for allegedly helping then-former President Trump hide boxes of classified and top secret documents at Trump's estate in Palm Beach, Fla., and then lying to federal investigators about it.
—Greg Allen, NPR, 29 Jan. 2025
Its collaboration tools for soldiers and military planners, which shares similarities with Atlassian’s Jira project management suite, are currently used across all military networks, up to top secret level.
—David Jeans, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2025
The brewers there are using a new approach to brewing non-alcoholic beer, but the details are top secret.
—Meghan Howes, The Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2025
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Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 4 Feb. 2025
The two men faced felony charges for allegedly helping then-former President Trump hide boxes of classified and top secret documents at Trump's estate in Palm Beach, Fla., and then lying to federal investigators about it.
—Greg Allen, NPR, 29 Jan. 2025
Its collaboration tools for soldiers and military planners, which shares similarities with Atlassian’s Jira project management suite, are currently used across all military networks, up to top secret level.
—David Jeans, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2025
The brewers there are using a new approach to brewing non-alcoholic beer, but the details are top secret.
—Meghan Howes, The Denver Post, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Top secret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top%20secret. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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