secret agenda
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsecretandagenda
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secret
adjective
uk/ˈsiː.krət/us/ˈsiː.krət/
If something is secret, other people are not allowed to know ...
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agenda
noun[C]
uk/əˈdʒen.də/us/əˈdʒen.də/
a list of matters to be discussed at ...
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(Definition ofsecretandagendafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Dizengoff also disclosed asecretagendabehind his ardent support for the reclamation project.
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There is nosecretagendato enforce compulsory water metering.
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I seriously ask whether there is somewhere here asecretagenda.
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We have given frequent assurances that there is nosecretagendaor sinister purpose behind the clause.
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People still thought that there was asecretagenda.
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It is a rational view to be deeply suspicious that somesecretagendahas been worked upon.
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Perhaps thatsecretagendais at work in this measure.
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He said that they were being pushed too hard; that there was a political ramp, asecretagenda.
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Thissecretagendais often picked up on in the popular press and sometimes appears in the form of misguided headlines in our newspapers.
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If we accept thatsecretagenda—that secret power—and the secret smearing of individuals that goes on, further damage will be done later.
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There is nosecretagendaor hidden purpose.
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Is this thesecretagendaon which we are about to embark?
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I am told that he has a secondary andsecretagenda.
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Has he asecretagendato do both?
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They will not put that proposal in their manifesto for the general election, but it is on theirsecretagenda.
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It is not a question of asecretagenda.
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If there was asecretagenda, that decision would be wholly inconsistent with it.
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There is nosecretagenda: it is overt.
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We should also deplore thesecretagendathat is being imposed on us by the security services in this matter.
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What is thesecretagenda?
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