as in exposed
lacking a usual or natural covering
the famed snows of Mount Kilimanjaro are receding, leaving behind much uncovered ground
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as in revealed
to make known (as information previously kept secret)
uncovered the location of the secret documents
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as in unmasked
to reveal the true nature of
a magazine article that purports to uncover the inner operations of what many regard as a religious cult
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Recent Examples of uncovered
Daryl Fairweather, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
Fruit flies and uncovered food were also found at El Merendero, according to the report.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Mar. 2025
Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Over a week in June 2024, a team of over 100 scientists and volunteers uncovered the tracks.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Homeowners need to budget for ongoing costs like rising home insurance premiums and emergency costs like insurance deductibles and uncovered repairs.
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Research conducted by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) uncovered this surprising behavior by tracking this bird over several years.
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Beneath her blazer, the Princess of Wales styled a light blue, button-up collared shirt with exposed cuffs.—
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Load up on a nutritious brunch The sisters Xenia and Sophie von Oswald mix and match Persian, German and Australian influences at rocket + basil, an easygoing, no-reservations eatery near the busy Potsdamer Platz, with exposed brick walls painted mint green inside.—
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The identity of a third victim who was hospitalized has not been revealed.—
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To play, just make your selection in the multiple-choice list and the correct answer will be revealed.—
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Individual leaves can be removed but this usually results in bare stems.—
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Victories over Fulham and Everton were the bare minimum required to keep Chelsea’s top-five hopes alive, but beating Liverpool — even a less-than-peak Liverpool so soon after securing the Premier League title — last Sunday was a bigger statement.—
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Foreign objects being discovered in food is a relatively rare recall reason, with more common reasons including bacterial or viral contamination or the presence of undeclared allergens.—
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In 2024, more than 100,000 pounds of turkey kielbasa products were recalled after the product was discovered to have fragments of bone inside.—
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It was not immediately disclosed how detectives identified Cohen as the vandal.—
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Newly filed court records obtained by the Idaho Statesman disclosed that two teenage girls whom Juvent Josue Ramirez taught at the Canyon-Owyhee School Service Agency told the Wilder Police Department they had been inappropriately touched by him.—
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The chatbot-style addition to the company’s search engine results page is designed to answer longer queries and uses Google’s AI model to generate full responses based on—and linking back to—indexed websites on the open web.—
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Biden himself at one point understood this to be his role — a bridge leader that could put the country back on the right path after Trump’s first term and COVID If Biden had called it a career after the 2022 midterms, the Democratic Party could have an open primary for a nominee.—
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Sources told Fox 8 that bomb-making materials were found at the rental property.—
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In August 1979, a Florida sheriff’s deputy told authorities that his wife fatally shot herself at their home south of Tampa.—
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“Uncovered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncovered. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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