as in secretiveness
the practice or habit of keeping secrets or keeping one's affairs secret
this administration's steadfast adherence to secrecy is beginning to cost it the trust of the voters
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Recent Examples of secrecy
Microsoft pulled its Caledonia plan after resident backlash over secrecy and environmental concerns.
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Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Legal experts have already raised red flags over the business deal, which is shrouded in secrecy.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Two weeks later, al-Awlaki’s 16-year-old son was also killed in a drone strike that officials said was a mistake, according to the National Security Archive, a site by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy.
—Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
Scoped transparency is a middle ground between secrecy and full self-exposure.
—Ian Reardon, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
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Ricardo Torres, jsonline.com, 6 Feb. 2026
Legal experts have already raised red flags over the business deal, which is shrouded in secrecy.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Two weeks later, al-Awlaki’s 16-year-old son was also killed in a drone strike that officials said was a mistake, according to the National Security Archive, a site by journalists and scholars to check rising government secrecy.
—Mikayla Bunnell, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2026
Scoped transparency is a middle ground between secrecy and full self-exposure.
—Ian Reardon, STAT, 2 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for secrecy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secrecy
secretiveness
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McCarthy is not the first Hollywood conservative to discuss the industry’s secretiveness over Republicanism.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
19 Dec. 2025
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“Secrecy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secrecy. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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