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Recent Examples of secretively
Early modern Europe was not an ideal place to enforce intellectual property rights, which in those days existed only when technologies could be secretively monopolized by a guild.
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Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 15 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secretively
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Unlike Monday's burial for Princess Irene, which follows a Saturday prayer service in Madrid and a funeral Monday at Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens, the Tatoi interment for Sofia's mother, Queen Federica of Greece, was not official, and took place almost furtively.—
Diego Parrado,
Vanity Fair,
18 Jan. 2026
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This has become the central theme of The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City—probably the most chaotic show in its franchise—whose characters are always trying to root out which of their frenemies is furtively digging up dirt and spreading rumors about their legal or financial woes.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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As part of the Virginia-class fleet, USS New Jersey forms a central element of the US attack-submarine force, designed to operate stealthily in both littoral zones and open-ocean environments, providing the Navy with a versatile and survivable platform for modern undersea warfare.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Apr. 2026
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While your portfolio grows over time, inflation is stealthily growing alongside it, eating away at the value of your savings.—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2026
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Church members would pass them out surreptitiously for evangelism to prospective Iranian converts.—
Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Maritime tracking firm Winward suggested the ship may have spoofed its location and surreptitiously delivered the fuel to Cuba already.—
Nora Gámez Torres,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
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The company claimed to be hunting for evidence that Musk was covertly funding its critics.—
Ronan Farrow,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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Mohan advocates for his care and attempts to covertly give the patient free supplies.—
Bryan Alexander,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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Pumpkin Seeds Seeds are sneakily a great source of protein, and one of the best ones experts love is pumpkin seeds.—
Philipp Wehsack,
Vogue,
28 Mar. 2026
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Zevin writes gentle books, seemingly cozy but sneakily profound.—
The Know,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Many of them, like Lavrov, had to leave clandestinely because getting out with Russian permission is nearly impossible.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
22 Mar. 2026
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Penrose also participated in multiple attempts to clandestinely seize voting machines, including in Michigan, where prosecutors accused him of breaking into some of the machines.—
Doug Bock Clark,
ProPublica,
14 Mar. 2026
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The Islamic Republic’s stockpile of fissile material, capable of producing nuclear warheads, remains buried underground in Iranian custody.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2026
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Prior to the 1980s, the LGBTQ+ community in Peoria seemed to largely exist underground, according to Huston Mathias, a local middle school social studies teacher who, in the last few years, has been working on a personal project to document the city’s LGBTQ+ history.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Secretively.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretively. Accessed 7 Apr. 2026.
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