as in to conceal
to put into a hiding place
the police found the weapon secreted under the driver's seat of the getaway car
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Recent Examples of secrete
The tree secretes gum arabic—a tasteless, nontoxic, pale-white or orange-brown sap that may be harvested at the end of the rainy season in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
Majority Don’t Approve Of Trump’s Handling Of Inflation, Border And Trade
The symptoms of perimenopause result from the levels of estrogen and progesterone being secreted by your ovaries progressively dropping over time.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
In some parts of the world, a person may be secreted away or imprisoned by the government without any advanced notification of wrongdoing or chance to make a defense.
—Andrea Seielstad, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
When handled, these treefrogs secrete a sticky toxin as a defense, which can be irritating to mucous membranes of people or pets who make contact with them.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2025
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Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
Majority Don’t Approve Of Trump’s Handling Of Inflation, Border And Trade
The symptoms of perimenopause result from the levels of estrogen and progesterone being secreted by your ovaries progressively dropping over time.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
In some parts of the world, a person may be secreted away or imprisoned by the government without any advanced notification of wrongdoing or chance to make a defense.
—Andrea Seielstad, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2025
When handled, these treefrogs secrete a sticky toxin as a defense, which can be irritating to mucous membranes of people or pets who make contact with them.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for secrete
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Then, a sliding mechanism was discreetly integrated to allow for a television and soundbar to be concealed behind the panels.—
Nicole Trilivas,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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But that average conceals more-vulnerable pockets in the state: in two counties, one-quarter of children didn’t have their shots, and in eight schools, less than half did.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
25 May 2025
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Though Polish presidential candidates often stand as individuals, rather than representatives of a party, there is little hiding their affiliations, and each major party historically endorses and campaigns for a candidate.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
2 June 2025
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Ukraine was able to smuggle drones deep into Russia by hiding them in the tops of flatbed trucks, which parked near military bases before the drones lifted off to attack planes on the runway.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
2 June 2025
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The authority said its preliminary assessment is that three excavators and six trucks were buried by the landslide.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 May 2025
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The Sutton Hoo site dates to the seventh century, so it was likely made about 100 years before it was buried there.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
29 May 2025
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“Secrete.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secrete. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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