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classified

[klas-uh-fahyd] / ˈklæs əˌfaɪd /
ADJECTIVE
top-secret
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Rush is a former senior executive in a US government agency in Virginia and had top secret clearance and access to classified information, court documents state.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Specific fluid visual structures shifting across the walls have been formally classified as “Ruwe Pinu” by tribal leader Nixiwaka, referring to an ancient mythological entity that appears in ancestral cosmology.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

He submitted the book draft to the White House for vetting for classified material, and it was cleared for publication by Ellen Knight, the senior director at the time for pre-publication review.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

But it is also rich in gold, diamonds, bauxite and coltan, a mineral essential for technology and defense that is classified as critical by Western powers, as well as rare earths.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Over the following hours and days, reading classified cables in his Pentagon office, Ellsberg learned the truth about the South Vietnamese attacks on North Vietnam.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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