as in disclosures
the act or an instance of making known something previously unknown or concealed
the revelation of the movie star's secret marriage by the tabloids a new biography of the former president that contains several shocking revelations
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Recent Examples of revelations
Those were among the biggest revelations from general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan during a Wednesday morning chat with WQAM’s Joe Rose.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Sometimes those revelations are heavy.
—Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Because Hunt knows that McCartney has heard that several times a day for 50 years, and such revelations are at minimum uninteresting and often invasive for a mega-celebrity.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
But through a series of chillingly understated, devastating revelations, Repetition becomes, above all, a story about the sweeping yet hidden disenfranchisement of children.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
No connection has been made between the summons and the German media revelations about the Signal phishing attacks.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Even the climactic revelations, including the confrontation with the story's big bad, feel hurried.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
Instead, scandals have provided rolling revelations of a general unseriousness.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
She was spurred in part by the election of Kurt Waldheim as president of Austria in 1986; revelations of his Nazi past shattered the myth that the country had been an innocent victim of Hitler.
—Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
Sometimes those revelations are heavy.
—Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Because Hunt knows that McCartney has heard that several times a day for 50 years, and such revelations are at minimum uninteresting and often invasive for a mega-celebrity.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 27 Apr. 2026
But through a series of chillingly understated, devastating revelations, Repetition becomes, above all, a story about the sweeping yet hidden disenfranchisement of children.
—Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026
No connection has been made between the summons and the German media revelations about the Signal phishing attacks.
—ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
Even the climactic revelations, including the confrontation with the story's big bad, feel hurried.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
Instead, scandals have provided rolling revelations of a general unseriousness.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
She was spurred in part by the election of Kurt Waldheim as president of Austria in 1986; revelations of his Nazi past shattered the myth that the country had been an innocent victim of Hitler.
—Ben Davis, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revelations
disclosures
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In response, Spotify announced plans last fall to implement clearer AI disclosures in song credits, along with stricter impersonation rules.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
30 Apr. 2026
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The Environmental Protection Agency does not classify glyphosate as a carcinogen and does not require label disclosures for cancer risk.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2026
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“Revelations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revelations. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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