How to Use confidential in a Sentence

confidential

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  • She worked as a confidential secretary to the mayor for many years.
  • Her voice was quiet and confidential.
  • These documents are completely confidential.
  • The home telephone numbers of police and prison workers would be kept confidential.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Jan. 2023
  • The estates and owner identities are kept confidential for safety reasons.
    — oregonlive, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Sheriff’s officials are not releasing the woman’s name to keep the juvenile girls’ identities confidential.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The sources agreed to speak to The Times on the condition their names not be used because the search process is supposed to be confidential.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2024
  • To protect Google’s confidential data, many days of the trial will be closed to the public and media.
    — Paresh Dave, WIRED, 10 Sep. 2023
  • If changes agreed to at last year’s COP stick, countries will be able to keep details about trades confidential.
    — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Riley had been working as a confidential informant for the FBI at the time.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The operations team sends confidential emails to somewhere in the range of five to 10 hotels per away game to get bids for the necessary dates.
    — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2023
  • The sources asked not to be identified as the directive was confidential.
    — Reuters Staff, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Jan. 2024
  • The A-list guest list is kept confidential until the night before the Met Gala, though fashion fans cast predictions based on years past.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 4 May 2024
  • The votes are supposed to be confidential, but candidates sometimes learn about them through word of mouth.
    — Bykatie Langin, science.org, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The three men met in person to discuss Golden-Gottlieb’s confidential complaint and ways to blunt it.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • One of them is that there is confidential information that just by virtue of being a part of a show that castmembers or crewmembers are privy to.
    — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Hall’s team claims that Oates’ team let Primary Wave see the duo’s joint business agreement, which was to have remained confidential.
    — Jem Aswad, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • To use confidential mode, click the icon, set an expiration date and passcode.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The court battles, which are taking place out of public view, are shrouded in secrecy due to the confidential nature of the grand jury.
    — Jonathan Karl, ABC News, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The changes under discussion were described by people with knowledge of the matter, who asked not to be named because the talks are confidential.
    — Hannah Levitt, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The city’s research on the building’s condition will remain confidential until the sale is finalized, the aide said.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • The terms of the settlement are confidential, court documents state.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2024
  • Any statement in the news from an anonymous source would be presumed false as well when faced with a defamation charge, in which case reporters would no longer have the legal right to keep their sources confidential.
    — Angela Yang, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • At the confidential meeting, Eason and his staff focused on a case that exemplified the perils of such risk-taking.
    — Max Blau, ProPublica, 14 June 2023
  • The assistance is confidential, the official said, declining to discuss the tools at the team’s disposal or name the countries that have sought help.
    — Didi Tang, Fortune Asia, 27 May 2024
  • Nicklin ruled that the claimants cannot rely on the documents handed over to the inquiry, which were ordered to be kept confidential by its head, Brian Leveson.
    — Jill Lawless, Fortune Europe, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Court records for juveniles in the District are confidential.
    — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The people familiar asked not to be named discussing a confidential matter.
    — Anna Edgerton, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
  • The 165-page public filing included an appendix of sealed evidence that has remained confidential while Chutkan decides whether to release it publicly.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Under its terms, the nation’s largest retailer will be required to pay penalties for allegedly dumping in state landfills nearly 80 tons of hazardous waste and confidential customer information from its stores throughout the state.
    — Jasmine Mendez, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024

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