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top-secret

[top-see-krit] / ˈtɒpˈsi krɪt /


top secret


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“To take a very obvious example, we’re working with the Israelis on some extremely top-secret technology that is very, very important for the North American missile-defense shield.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

During the war, the government handed it to a top-secret military intelligence unit, and engineers wired it with hidden microphones throughout -- even in the garden.

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

Still, their top-secret, multiday bash on Cumberland Island, Ga., was a sizable undertaking.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 4, 2026

It also doesn’t transfer the customer’s intellectual property, which may include top-secret or clinical data.

From MarketWatch Jul. 2, 2026

Elizebeth had taken up top-secret duties, and William was about to disappear overseas for a while, preparing for a possible war.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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

That includes classified and top secret national information and launch codes.

From Barron's May 21, 2026

Army hatched a top secret plan to conceal hundreds of missile launchers on rail lines hidden beneath the thick ice sheets of Greenland.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 6, 2026

When he started rapping in the ninth grade, it was “a top secret part of my life,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 26, 2025

While he was shaving, he remembered a few months earlier, President Johnson had shown him the hidden safe where he stashed top secret documents.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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