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synonyms for secretive
- covert
- enigmatic
- reticent
- taciturn
- backstairs
- buttoned-up
- cagey
- clammed up
- close
- close-mouthed
- cryptic
- feline
- furtive
- hushed
- in chambers
- in privacy
- in private
- in the background
- in the dark
- on the Q.T.
- reserved
- silent
- tight-lipped
- undercover
- unforthcoming
- withdrawn
- zipped
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This year, Mind the Gap, a secretive Silicon Valley donor group supporting progressive candidates, is also sending donors their way, according to Vox.
A Nonprofit With Ties to Democrats Is Sending Out Millions of Ballot Applications. Election Officials Wish It Would Stop. | by Joshua Eaton, Lauren Rosenthal and Thy Anh Vo | October 23, 2020 | ProPublicaThese arachnids are usually secretive, and almost all you meet are neither aggressive nor dangerous.
Should I Kill Spiders In My Home? An Entomologist Explains Why Not To | LGBTQ-Editor | October 22, 2020 | No Straight NewsThe review process is highly secretive, but according to the Washington Post, the panel has launched dozens of investigations this year alone, aimed primarily at companies that received investment from China or Russia.
How the secretive CFIUS became a powerful weapon in the trade wars | Jeff | October 19, 2020 | Fortune
Their plans by all estimations have remained very secretive.
What’s behind the badge that powers Google’s local trust layer? | Justin Sanger | October 13, 2020 | Search Engine LandAfter a somewhat lackluster beginning to his professional running career, Farah and his family moved to Oregon early in 2011 to join the secretive Nike program based at the Beaverton world headquarters.
Inside a secret running program at Nike and a win-at-all-costs corporate culture | Rachel King | October 6, 2020 | FortuneThe military has been trying to stop current and former special operators from discussing their secretive profession.
Exclusive: Bin Laden ‘Shooter’ Under Investigation for Leaking Secrets | Shane Harris | December 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThey dislike cell phones and they are, for various practical reasons, somewhat secretive.
The mayor responded defiantly with a kind of military pageant that was truly bizarre for such a secretive organization.
The Long Range Strike Bomber may be the most secretive Pentagon aviation program in decades.
How the Pentagon Strangles Its Most Advanced Stealth Warplanes | Bill Sweetman | October 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTEven the arguably more secretive National Security Agency took the Twitter plunge last December.
From Hush-Hush To Tweet-Tweet: Why The CIA Is Embracing Social Media | Lloyd Grove | June 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHow could she be at the same time both cruel and tender, both true and false, frank and secretive, spiritual and sensual?
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodHe was a secretive man who shared no secrets with his neighbors if he could help it, yet whose very idiosyncrasies betrayed them.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondHe was still in no hurry, but he grew cautious now, and secretive.
The Range Boss | Charles Alden SeltzerSome of the tribes are very secretive and stealthy in their movements.
Queensland Cousins | Eleanor Luisa HaverfieldIf a child finds that no one will speak to it about sexual matters, it must ultimately become secretive about its own sexual life.
The Sexual Life of the Child | Albert Moll
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