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as in confidential
not known or meant to be known by the general populace
the reporter suspected there was a hush-hush reason why the company agreed to the deal
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as in clandestine
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
top-echelon diplomats met in a hush-hush conference in a last-ditch effort to head off an international crisis
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Recent Examples of hush-hush
Outside of Asia, there are some hush-hush rumors about the bike potentially making it to the likes of South Africa and Mexico, too.
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New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
The hush-hush nature of big drops like Swift's has made planning somewhat arduous for those who run independent record stores.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 1 Oct. 2025
Before that seasonal transition, upgrade your space with the hush-hush Wayfair outlet, where furniture and decor are up to 73 percent off.
—Shea Simmons, People.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The rocket's upper stage, meanwhile, continued carrying the X-37B toward low Earth orbit, where the space plane will do a variety of work, some of it quite hush-hush.
—Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hush-hush
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All calls are toll-free and confidential.—
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For anonymous, confidential help, people can call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or 1-800-787-3224.—
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The show’s original pair of fathers, who secretly orchestrate the clandestine love affair between their children, are now mothers.—
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Saimar Rivas, Armas’s partner and a longtime civil-rights activist, told me that he had been taken to a clandestine site run by the SEBIN, Venezuela’s intelligence agency.—
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But these beautiful destinations haven’t exactly been kept secret.—
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The secret Traitors' identity remained a mystery to both their fellow Traitors and to viewers until episode 3, when Donna was voted out at the group's second roundtable.—
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Nine years after foiling a lucrative weapons tradeoff and delivering Roper to Syrian captors, Pine has gone undercover again, eventually reuniting with foreign investigator Angela Burr (Colman) as an MI6 operative.—
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Can the Faithfuls work together or will the Traitors go undercover and pick off the Faithfuls one by one?—
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The couple was awarded citizenship in a private ceremony in the capital of Conakry on Friday.—
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Special interests often donate tens of thousands of dollars to lawmakers and gain access to private fundraisers at high-end resorts and other exclusive events.—
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Get Ready: Katy Perry Has Released a Sneak Peek of Her New Song And the internet has receipts.—
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Danish media reported that at least three people with connections to Trump carried out covert influence operations in Greenland.—
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Federal statute mandates the president inform a bipartisan group of eight, high-ranking members of Congress prior to particularly covert operations.—
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The request for additional money was made after underground utility and other site placement needs were identified while designing a new floor plan.—
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As Season 2 gets underway, commuters on an underground train are taken hostage, and authorities scramble to save hundreds of lives.—
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“Hush-hush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hush-hush. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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