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.
Recent Examples on the Web
According to the indictment, Rocha held high-level security clearances, giving him access to top secret information.
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Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2024
Rocha held high-level security clearances, giving him access to top secret information, according to the indictment.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 29 Feb. 2024
Those misgivings had presumably dissipated by the time the SBU launched a second strike on the bridge nine months later using naval drones that were developed as part of a top secret operation involving the CIA and other Western intelligence services.
—Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
Investigators determined that 37 of those entries had top secret or secret information.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2024
Although specific plot details remain top secret, the movie will effectively serve as Marvel’s version of the DC’s anti-hero team the Suicide Squad, with the characters brought together to do the dirty jobs the Avengers can’t do.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
Smith’s team has charged Trump with illegally retaining top secret records at his Mar-a-Lago home and then obstructing government efforts to get them back.
—TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
But Kirkpatrick chalks all the UFO hoopla up to a top secret government program not to reverse-engineer alien ships, but to manufacture high-altitude metallic spy balloons.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
All details about the guest stars' roles are being kept top secret for now.
Co-created by Glover and Francesca Sloane (Atlanta, Fargo), Mr. & Mrs. Smith stars Glover and Maya Erskine (Pen15) as the titular spy couple.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2023
Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 14 Feb. 2024
Rocha held high-level security clearances, giving him access to top secret information, according to the indictment.
—Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 29 Feb. 2024
Those misgivings had presumably dissipated by the time the SBU launched a second strike on the bridge nine months later using naval drones that were developed as part of a top secret operation involving the CIA and other Western intelligence services.
—Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2023
Investigators determined that 37 of those entries had top secret or secret information.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2024
Although specific plot details remain top secret, the movie will effectively serve as Marvel’s version of the DC’s anti-hero team the Suicide Squad, with the characters brought together to do the dirty jobs the Avengers can’t do.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 29 Jan. 2024
Smith’s team has charged Trump with illegally retaining top secret records at his Mar-a-Lago home and then obstructing government efforts to get them back.
—TIME, 8 Feb. 2024
But Kirkpatrick chalks all the UFO hoopla up to a top secret government program not to reverse-engineer alien ships, but to manufacture high-altitude metallic spy balloons.
—Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2024
All details about the guest stars' roles are being kept top secret for now.
Co-created by Glover and Francesca Sloane (Atlanta, Fargo), Mr. & Mrs. Smith stars Glover and Maya Erskine (Pen15) as the titular spy couple.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2023
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“Top secret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/top%20secret. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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