hush-hush
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Launched earlier this year, the hush-hush undertaking evaluated thousands of the company’s coffee shops across North America on profitability, and the experience of customers and baristas.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 4, 2025
“It was the kind of hush-hush tones in people, I knew something wasn’t right.”
From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025
It’s difficult to discern just how many companies are employing A.I. to help set wages because such internal processes are usually kept hush-hush.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2024
Management did a hush-hush trial run over the weekend before deciding to officially open Monday morning.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 8, 2024
Can’t joke it away Can’t even talk to each other except maybe in whispers, all hush-hush, and that just revs up the willies.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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