confidential

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The Los Angeles city clerk declined to provide information on Pratt’s residence, saying that candidates’ addresses are confirmed when they file, but can remain confidential.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

A similar query arises when the author comes to the vexed question of how, and if, a diarist’s confidential work should be preserved.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

It forbids therapists from insisting on spreading their personal views through confidential, sensitive conversations with trusting minors happening behind closed doors.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2026

On Wednesday, Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX filed confidential initial public offering documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to The Wall Street Journal.

From Barron's • Apr. 2, 2026

It goes some way toward explaining how confidential information, rumors, and jokes percolate so rapidly through a population.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos