secrecy

Example Sentences

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And the transactions, she says, happen in secrecy.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

But operating in secrecy, among like-minded people, the results are inevitable.

From Salon • May 29, 2026

Authorities have released few details about the investigation, which remains under judicial secrecy, Catalonia's High Court said Tuesday.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

And it ensnares Artie in a web of secrecy, underlining how “blind we humans are … moving through life as though through shadows.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

Since the owl had brought up the matter of secrecy, and had, in fact, been secretive himself, she was not sure just how much she should tell Jeremy.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien