HELD (IN) Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

held (in)

verb

Definition of held (in)

past tense of hold (in)

as in concealed

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Verb

Under-eye shadows, bags and lower-lid definition get played up instead of concealed.

— Ashley Lynch, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2026
States alleged that Meta’s internal research documented links between Instagram use and harms including depression, anxiety and body-image concerns among young people, while the company publicly minimized or concealed those risks.

— Carolina Rossini, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of concealed

Verb

That is until the Secret Service—acting on intelligence about a possible assassination attempt by Iranian proxies—secreted the president off Air Force One on July 8, 2026.

— Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Aug. 2026
The last ceremony of the retreat was with 5-MeO-DMT, a powerful and fast acting psychedelic secreted from a toad.

— Anderson Cooper, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of secreted

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Almost the entire lunar surface will be masked Thursday night into Friday — a whopping 96% — making this an especially deep partial eclipse.

— Marcia Dunn, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2026
For a time, the loss of market share was masked by a surge in local TV shoots as studios spent heavily to supply content to their new streaming platforms.

— Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of masked

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The lack of a unified Democratic agenda, and the president’s usual reluctance to stay on message, has obscured the trend running under everything.

— David Weigel, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026
She was held up as the pop cultural equivalent of a saint to a degree that sometimes obscured and distorted her creative drive and business acumen.

— Jewly Hight, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of obscured

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Okay, good veiled Alexa/Siri reference.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 June 2026
Though for many voters the initiative’s measures are veiled in the hypothetical, pegged to demographic projections, refugees, such as the residents of La Maison, and others within the asylum system will feel its effects in the near term.

— Jessi Jezewska Stevens, New Yorker, 8 June 2026

Definition of veiled

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The prosecutor general’s office has stopped updating crime data; the Treasury has ceased publishing detailed budget information; and the central bank has restricted disclosure of international reserves.

— Andrei Soldatov, Foreign Affairs, 31 Aug. 2026
The GaN-on-silicon structure used by the team restricted the maximum breakdown voltage, meaning different substrates could potentially allow the devices to go even higher.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of restricted

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For most people, the inside of the Salt Lake Temple has long been shrouded in secrecy, fueling both curiosity and criticism.

— Brandon Griggs, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
The Haitian community in Salisbury is now shrouded by fear of further ICE operations but still determined to fight for change, local immigration lawyer Kenson Raymond said.

— Nathan Lee, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of shrouded

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