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hush-hush

[huhsh-huhsh] / ˈhʌʃˌhʌʃ /


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Launched earlier this year, the hush-hush undertaking evaluated thousands of the company’s coffee shops across North America on profitability, and the experience of customers and baristas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2025

“It was the kind of hush-hush tones in people, I knew something wasn’t right.”

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

The hush-hush arrival of the couple’s newest family member shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise considering they have mostly kept details of their private life away from the public eye.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2025

It’s difficult to discern just how many companies are employing A.I. to help set wages because such internal processes are usually kept hush-hush.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2024

Over the years, humans have endangered bandapats by trapping them and locking them in hush-hush science labs.

From "Invisible Inkling" by Emily Jenkins




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