as in revealed
to make known (as information previously kept secret)
finally bared the secret that she had kept to herself for so long
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Recent Examples of bared
So away from the stage, gun in hand, flesh bared before her for inking, what does this darkwave diva click play on?
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Matt Thompson, SPIN, 12 May 2026
Her head slid down the leather headrest, neck tilting backward for more happiness to escape, clavicle bared to her husband’s confused gaze.
—‘pemi Aguda, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
Larsson looked like an angelfish in the light, wearing a flowy purple two-piece that bared her midriff, as the tabloids used to say.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Across the midriff, the evening gown featured an eye-catching criss-cross design that bared Blanchett's belly button.
—Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
Matt Thompson, SPIN, 12 May 2026
Her head slid down the leather headrest, neck tilting backward for more happiness to escape, clavicle bared to her husband’s confused gaze.
—‘pemi Aguda, Literary Hub, 6 May 2026
Larsson looked like an angelfish in the light, wearing a flowy purple two-piece that bared her midriff, as the tabloids used to say.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026
Across the midriff, the evening gown featured an eye-catching criss-cross design that bared Blanchett's belly button.
—Chanel Vargas, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bared
Verb
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Far from an indictment of large language models, the ordeal revealed that even the country’s most prestigious attorneys rely on such services.—
Max Raskin,
Washington Post,
19 May 2026
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On the afternoon of the event, a Jewish man whose name was not revealed in court papers was walking his dog near the synagogue when Gitesatani approached from behind and punched him in the jaw, according to federal prosecutors.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
18 May 2026
Verb
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The trade was disclosed in the 113-page periodic transaction report the Office of Government Ethics released on May 14.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
16 May 2026
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Officials have not disclosed what new information led them back to the property or what specifically prompted the latest excavation.—
Doug Dunbar,
CBS News,
16 May 2026
Verb
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On the bright side, new industrial chemistries are often expensive at the start but come down in price as more efficient ways to accomplish the task are discovered.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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The region has absorbed a decade of being discovered and come out intact.—
Melinda Sheckells,
HollywoodReporter,
18 May 2026
Verb
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In those first days of sobriety, the part of yourself that has been scabbed over with substances for so long is finally exposed, shivery and unprotected, to life dead sober.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 May 2026
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During the response, authorities said 18 first responders were exposed to the substance and began experiencing symptoms that included nausea and dizziness.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
20 May 2026
Verb
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And in 2022, health investigators uncovered the likely source of 17 Legionella infections in Napa County — all of whom either lived, worked or had visited downtown Napa.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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But Carro ruled that a subsequent search of the backpack at the police station, which uncovered a gun and a red notebook, was valid.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
18 May 2026
Verb
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One of the guns had hate speech written on it, the sources told The Times, and anti-Islamic writings were found in a vehicle.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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Miller, who has lived in the area for just a month, told NBC San Diego that his favorite thing about his neighborhood is how friendly and welcoming everyone has been.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
19 May 2026
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“Bared.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bared. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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