top secret
adjective
1
: protected by a high degree of secrecy
a top secret weapon
a top secret meeting
2
a
: containing or being information whose unauthorized disclosure could result in exceptionally grave danger to the nation
top secret messages
compare confidential, secret
b
: of or relating to top secret documents
a top secret clearance
Examples of top secret in a Sentence
The mission is top secret.
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The extended sequence in which Hunt and his IMF team attempt to steal vital documents in a top secret handover elevated the series and secured its status as must-watch cinema.
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
As his search continues, the mole is selling the top secret information to the highest bidder and gathering enough resources to build a big enough bomb to blow up Manhattan.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Dec. 2024
Please know that OpenAI keeps its internal AI inner-workings top secret and considers its work to be proprietary.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
But John had not wanted to invite his aunt to their very private — and top secret — wedding on Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia, earlier that year, on Sept. 21.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
As his search continues, the mole is selling the top secret information to the highest bidder and gathering enough resources to build a big enough bomb to blow up Manhattan.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 25 Dec. 2024
Please know that OpenAI keeps its internal AI inner-workings top secret and considers its work to be proprietary.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
But John had not wanted to invite his aunt to their very private — and top secret — wedding on Cumberland Island, off the coast of Georgia, earlier that year, on Sept. 21.
—Liz McNeil, People.com, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Top secret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top%20secret. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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