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cov·er up

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. cover-upverb

    concealment that attempts to prevent something scandalous from becoming public

  2. cover, cover upverb

    hide from view or knowledge

    "The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House"

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  1. cover upverb

    To conceal or disguise.

ChatGPT

  1. cover up

    Cover up refers to an act of concealing, hiding or obscuring the truth or facts in order to prevent the discovery of wrongdoing, mistakes, or illegal activities. This can involve actions such as hiding evidence, providing false information, or misleading others to prevent the truth from being revealed. It is often associated with scandals, crimes, or any form of misconduct.

Wikidata

  1. Cover Up

    Cover Up is an American action/adventure television series that aired for one season on CBS from September 22, 1984 to April 6, 1985. Created by Glen A. Larson, the series stars Jennifer O'Neill, Jon-Erik Hexum, Antony Hamilton, and Richard Anderson.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cover up in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cover up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of cover up in a Sentence

  1. Chuck Schumer:

    President Trump's decision to step in at the last moment and hide 100,000 pages of Judge Kavanaugh's records from the American public is not only unprecedented in the history of Supreme Court nominations, it has all the makings of a cover-up.

  2. Jerry Nadler:

    The Department's decision reflects President Trump's blanket defiance of Congress's constitutionally mandated duties, in the coming days, I expect that Congress will have no choice but to confront the behavior of this lawless Administration. The Committee will also take a hard look at the officials who are enabling this cover up.

  3. House Speaker Paul Ryan:

    The FBI documents further demonstrate Secretary Clinton’s complete disregard for properly handling classified information. This is exactly why I called on DNI Clapper to deny Hillary Clinton access to classified information, moreover, a senior The State Department official’s attempt to pressure The FBI to hide the extent of this mishandling bears all the signs of a cover-up.

  4. Steven McCraw:

    First of all, there's no cover-up. And the bottom line is as soon as we can, we'll release everything.

  5. David Buller:

    Americans should protect themselves by reducing time in the midday sun, using shade, wearing cover-up clothing and hats( and sunglasses) and using sunscreen on the remaining unprotected skin.


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