secretive
Example Sentences
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“If she was so secretive, it’s odd that she would leave anything on the Mirror Tech servers.”
From Literature
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The subject of an Interpol Red Notice, he is alleged to be an intelligence asset for the FSB, Russia's secretive security service.
From BBC
The story itself is compelling but the possibility of hearing a snippet of the secretive music is even more so.
From Los Angeles Times
While many would have been shocked to see a retired teacher posing as a fake admiral at a Remembrance Sunday ceremony, for a secretive group of ex-services personnel it was unsurprising.
From BBC
Corrie Driebusch is an award-winning financial reporter for The Wall Street Journal who consistently breaks news about the most buzzed-about initial public offerings and secretive private companies.
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