secret document

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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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document
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɒk.jə.mənt/us
/ˈdɑː.kjə.mənt/
a paper or set of papers with written or printed information, especially of an ...
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(Definition ofsecretanddocumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsecret document

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If there is asecretdocumentof the kind referred to, evidently it ought not to be discussed in public.
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I have thissecretdocument, and it is an extraordinary one.
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Far from being asecretdocument, the record of this meeting was both public property and entirely unofficial.
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This is, of course, asecretdocumentthat was issued in confidence to each bidder.
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This particular document was in a file which is missing, which contained onesecretdocument—the whole file is missing.
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Why is this to be regarded as asecretdocument?
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It was quite unknown to us that it was asecretdocumentat all.
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The document concerned is not yet complete and, in any case, is an absolutelysecretdocumentuntil it is published.
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It was to discover how the information contained in asecretdocumentcould have been divulged.
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The document concerned is not yet complete, and is in any case an absolutelysecretdocumentuntil it is published.
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But certainly this is not asecretdocument, it was published ages and ages ago.
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If there is nothing to be afraid of, there is no reason to keep the report as asecretdocument.
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If a senior civil servant leaked asecretdocumentor talked about it over lunch, he would not be in trouble.
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These are all reasons why nosecretdocumentshould come to us.
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I do not know whether we are to infer that it was referring to anysecretdocument.
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Where there is onesecretdocument, there are probably 50 or 100 confidential documents.
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It can hardly be regarded as asecretdocument.
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