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unseal

[uhn-seel] / ʌnˈsil /
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Media organizations successfully petitioned the court to unseal the documents.

From Salon Mar. 12, 2026

It also seeks to unseal the FBI's affidavit used to obtain the warrant from a federal magistrate judge.

From Barron's Feb. 4, 2026

Florida and New York judges had previously refused to unseal grand jury materials related to Epstein, citing federal rules that require grand jury processes to be secret.

From BBC Dec. 9, 2025

Berman must approve requests to unseal documents from the case.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 27, 2025

But for the rest, I unseal a test-strip kit.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

His attorney, Stacey Hegge, argued that Sanford should be able to inspect and participate in redacting the affidavits before the circuit court unseals them, to avoid any disclosure of trade secrets.

From Seattle Times Apr. 6, 2023

Justice Department unseals charges against Huawei, Meng and several of the companies’ subsidiaries, alleging not only violation of trade sanctions but also the theft of trade secrets.

From Washington Times Jan. 29, 2019

September 2005: A judge unseals the Philadelphia grand jury report.

From Washington Times Aug. 14, 2018

He pledged Thursday not to release the alleged victims’ names or identifying information if he unseals the records.

From Washington Times Jun. 9, 2016

He shows them the envelope, unseals it with a letter opener, and pulls out five typewritten pages.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

The court records were unsealed this month after ProPublica moved to make them public, with the help of attorneys from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the law firm Shaw Keller.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

When the indictment against the Google employee was unsealed, the company’s chief legal officer, Neal Kumar, posted on X, “Say it with me now—it’s not anonymous.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 9, 2026

The indictment, unsealed on Tuesday, involves the company's Singapore- and India-based operations.

From BBC May 12, 2026

An Indian national, Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, 47, who worked for both companies as technical superintendent for the ship, the M/V Dali, is also named in the indictment unsealed on Tuesday.

From Barron's May 12, 2026

Even before the house was unsealed, loyal Toos had returned from Scheveningen and reopened the watch business.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

In his order unsealing the note on Wednesday, Judge Karas concluded that the note "is subject to the presumption of public access".

From BBC May 7, 2026

Fulton County officials filed a lawsuit demanding their return and District Judge JP Boulee, a Trump nominee, ordered the unsealing on Tuesday of the search warrant affidavit used to justify the seizure.

From Barron's Feb. 10, 2026

Its motion also asks for the unsealing of a law enforcement agent’s sworn statement that was presented to the judge who approved the search warrant, the county chairman, Robb Pitts, said Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2026

Federal judges in New York and Florida have already started authorizing the unsealing of grand jury transcripts and exhibits under the new statute, including in Maxwell’s 2021 case.

From Salon Dec. 18, 2025

She had taught him all her lore in herbals and healing, and all she knew of the crafts of finding, binding, mending, unsealing and revealing.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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