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Meanings of secrecy in English
Practice of hiding information, or quality of hidden information.
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Examples for "silence"
Examples for "silence"
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An hour passed; the renegade smoked in silence; the chiefs did likewise.
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Hermanric replied in the negative; and they then proceeded in perfect silence.
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There was a dead silence; and the foreman gave in the verdict:
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He ceased; and his words hung in the silence of the room.
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It was midnight; a vast crowd waited in silence in Piazza Castello.
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Why is the Department a byword among journalists for secretiveness and unhelpfulness?
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For there is no streak of mean secretiveness in Green Valley folks.
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Critics say any secretiveness only fuels more conspiracy theories and partisan rhetoric.
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In his secretiveness he didn't merely resemble Newton, but actively exceeded him.
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Oh, that accursed secretiveness in women, which makes them always belie themselves!
Usage of secrecy in English
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Still, there were reasons-goodones-forviolating the modern moral code against secrecy.
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Key issues to watch: -Impact of changes to banking secrecy laws.
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Opposition politicians meanwhile voiced their concern about the secrecy behind the project.
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It's also a unique experience for Vandor given the new line's secrecy.
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And its secrecy would always conflict with the openness of American democracy.
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The ban has since been lifted, but other Guantanamo secrecy measures remain.
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In reality the cloak of secrecy is best achieved through urbane banality.
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THR: Has Twitter affected your ability to maintain a level of secrecy?
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Traditional forms of secrecy encourage suspicion that damaging information is being withheld.
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The episode made budget secrecy a cardinal principle of British political life.
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I think requires thinking about three different things, mystery, secrecy, and privacy.
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Official secrecy had been the code of the public service since 1911.
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His obsessive concern for security, secrecy, and personal survival saw to that.
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Its secrecy still fuels speculation that it's where the government studies aliens.
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One significant problem with assessing the US drone-warfare program is its secrecy.
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This leads to a discussion about the difference between privacy and secrecy.
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Secrecy across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Australia
Common
New Zealand
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