How to Use unseal in a Sentence

unseal

verb
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  • The court unsealed the documents in the Douglas trial today.
  • Winning the order to unseal them was the first step for his team.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Apr. 2023
  • George Gascón last week joined a motion to unseal the records.
    — James Queallystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2022
  • The charge or charges against Trump are sealed, but they will be unsealed in the future.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Court records show the charges were filed in March but unsealed Wednesday.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2024
  • He was charged in March, and the indictment was unsealed in May.
    — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 6 July 2023
  • The county moved to strike the report two days after the Free Press sought to unseal it.
    — Angie Jackson, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2020
  • It should have been unsealed and made public three years ago!
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The government has filed those under seal and is asking the court to unseal them.
    — Alexander Mallin, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Thomas said his office would release the report when the case is unsealed.
    — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2023
  • That portion of the law also states that a court order could unseal the ballots.
    — Jen Fifield, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Biden has since paid off his tax debts, a fact that his lawyers have cited in the days since the indictment was unsealed.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023
  • More about the case:Judge rules to unseal court records in 2017 police-custody death of Muhammad Muhaymin Jr.
    — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 17 Nov. 2021
  • To empty it, simply remove the tank, lift the plug to unseal the top, and pour out the water into a sink or drain.
    — Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2022
  • They were unsealed on September 4th, on the eve of the sixty-day deadline.
    — David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Shea ordered the state judiciary to unseal the case records of teens transferred to adult court and to open the courtrooms.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, courant.com, 16 Dec. 2020
  • That’s absurd, of course — moving to unseal the search warrant is a big deal indeed.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
  • In fighting to unseal the suits, The Sun argued such actions violate the mission of a free and open press.
    — John Holland, baltimoresun.com, 16 July 2021
  • Original brick walls were left exposed and unsealed, along with I-beams and rafters.
    — Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Two authors, Sam Wasson and William Rempel, had asked the court to unseal the 2010 transcript, according to the court.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 14 July 2022
  • The Justice Department has since asked the court to unseal a report prepared by the filter team.
    — CBS News, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Court records in the case, which was first reported by the , were filed under seal Tuesday and unsealed Wednesday.
    — Brittany Shammas, Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Garland said the government had filed a motion to unseal the search warrant.
    — Adam Carlson, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The Los Angeles Times moved to intervene in the case in December in an effort to unseal the lists.
    — Nathan Fenno, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2022
  • The New York Times and other news outlets asked a court to unseal the information.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 23 June 2023
  • Of course, few people unseal the collector’s item to imbibe and take it home to add to their collection.
    — Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Giuffre's lawyers have unsealed documents in batches of dozens at a time.
    — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2024
  • There's no plan to unseal them, the court said last week, so it's not yet known where the warrants were executed and what was recovered.
    — Fox News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • While the charges against Combs have not yet been made public, the indictment is expected to be unsealed this morning.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Smith's team filed a motion urging Chutkan to find Trump is not immune from prosecution, which was unsealed on Oct. 2.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024

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