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verb

past tense of secrete

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Recent Examples of secreted
Verb
The brain map also provides insight into the neurotransmitters, such as dopamine and serotonin, secreted by the various types of neurons, per a statement. Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for secreted
Adjective
  • The journalist in the film, Harry Shukman, captures that on a hidden camera.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The hidden side is flat to stay flush with the wall.
    Genevieve Cepeda, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Joaquin Phoenix’s homes are as concealed as his private life.
    Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Hussein Al Bashir, a representative of Palestinian group Fatah, was killed the following month in Cyprus by a bomb concealed in his hotel bed.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Farrow & Ball’s Cooking Apple Green on the walls complements the floors, which are painted in the company’s warm Picture Gallery Red—a popular hue for subterranean floors of the home’s era.
    David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The cave is home to a subterranean lake that is perfectly lit throughout the day thanks to a hole in the cave's ceiling.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Instead, the country will honor the victims, many of whom were buried in unmarked graves at psychiatric and other sites that were places of care in New Zealand.
    Reuters, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Musk has for years buried certain critics under an avalanche of legal troubles.
    David Ingram, NBC News, 12 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • How would an undergrad completely unexposed to business and compensation practices critically digest this information?
    Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • In completely unexposed areas, however, the lizards virtually disappeared after the big toads showed up.
    Gennaro Tomma, Scientific American, 17 June 2024
Adjective
  • Within hours in office, Trump would also overtake the Justice Department and install an Acting Attorney General who would fire Special Counsel Jack Smith, the prosecutor who indicted Trump for willfully mishandling classified information and conspiring to overturn the 2020 election.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Israeli media reports say the case concerns the leak of classified information to two European media outlets by an advisor who may not have been formally employed and did not have security clearance, without naming the individual.
    Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • How to become a wildlife rehabilitator The process to legally take care of certain kinds of restricted wildlife varies by state, but virtually everyone who wants to help rehabilitate a squirrel or similar animal in the U.S. needs a permit from their state and possibly the federal government.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Also common with restricted stock, properly filing an 83(b) election can be instrumental to reduce your taxable income from the purchase (perhaps to zero), in favor of long-term capital gains tax rates later on.
    Kristin McKenna, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

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“Secreted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secreted. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.

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