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
Why do you think menopause has been a hush-hush topic in the past, and why is it so important that open conversations about it continue?
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 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
In the hush-hush 1940s, such a public display of mental illness would have spelled the end of Blanche’s career at Langley, even if she had been able to recover from the episode.
From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly
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