How to Use confidential in a Sentence

confidential

adjective
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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.
  • To use confidential mode, click the icon, set an expiration date and passcode.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Talks with the works council will result in confidential severance packages, but the number of departures is not up for negotiation.
    — Benoit Berthelot, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Now, a pair of lawmakers are asking the Department of Justice to tighten policies around confidential human sources to limit this practice.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 29 Mar. 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 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • She is not allowed to leave the confidential location without a safety escort, Ramos said.
    — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • In an unusual move, the network is keeping the names of the new voice talents confidential until the show’s season premiere (yes, there are two — one actor for Rick and another for Morty).
    — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Civil society groups have called on the bank to do more to help the victims and have expressed alarm over an agreement between the I.F.C. and Bridge to keep some of the findings of its investigation confidential.
    — Alan Rappeport, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • My ego is bruised, but more than that, the senior manager’s sharing of confidential salary information has floored me.
    — Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
  • His legal team noted that the dispute concerns the interpretation of the 2021 agreement, the terms of which remain confidential.
    — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In Australia, PwC acknowledged that a partner had shared confidential government tax plans with colleagues, who then used it to try to win business from clients such as Google.
    — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Consequently, completion of the appraisal process, including the manner of determining any such additional amount payable by the company, awaits the resolution of the confidential arbitration.
    — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2024

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