held (in)

verb

Definition of held (in)next
past tense of hold (in)
as in concealed

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  1. concealed
  2. secreted
  3. masked
  4. obscured
  5. veiled
  6. restricted
  7. shrouded
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  • The narrator spends years assembling the truth of this death, concealed by his family, and discovers that Calcutta and Dhaka experienced those riots as mirror images of each other.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
  • The sign concealed a smaller building that was a holdout on the corner of West 34th Street and Broadway when Macy's was built in the early 1900s.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 29 July 2026
Definition of concealed
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  • The pancreas, which lies between the liver and the stomach, makes special enzymes that are secreted into the intestines after a meal to help break down food particles.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2026
  • Some peptides are naturally produced in the body, such as insulin; which is a hormone secreted by the pancreas that decreases blood sugar levels.
    — Omer Awan, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of secreted
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  • Japanese media footage of the mall showed that part of the ceiling had caved in, and metal pieces and other debris were scattered about as helmeted and masked rescue workers searched the area.
    — Mari Yamaguchi, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • Every Sunday is just a demolition derby, masked by metal and our feverish collective, institutionalized blood lust.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 July 2026
Definition of masked
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  • Long hitters may be tempted to attack the green in two, but the uphill second shot played to a partially obscured putting surface—demands both precision and exceptional ball-striking.
    — Jeff Goudy, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Their selective invocations of Washington may have obscured his complicity, but some abolitionists truly believed doing so would help bring the horror of American slavery to an end.
    — John Garrison Marks, The Atlantic, 25 July 2026
Definition of obscured
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  • Okay, good veiled Alexa/Siri reference.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 June 2026
  • Though for many voters the initiative’s measures are veiled in the hypothetical, pegged to demographic projections, refugees, such as the residents of La Maison, and others within the asylum system will feel its effects in the near term.
    — Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026
Definition of veiled
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  • Automobiles did not transform transportation while restricted to a single factory fleet.
    — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • There’s no evidence that Bowie knives were commonly used for lawful purposes before they were restricted, the court said.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 26 July 2026
Definition of restricted
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  • The Senegal forward’s Everton future has been shrouded in uncertainty since the beginning of the calendar year, when talks over a new contract began.
    — Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 28 July 2026
  • Though astronomers have been studying V445 Puppis for two decades, much of the phenomena associated with it were shrouded in mystery due to a vast cloud of dusty debris that surrounded this nova.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of shrouded
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“Held (in).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/held%20%28in%29. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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