uncover

Example Sentences

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More work is needed to uncover the factors behind the rest of the variation, she wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

It says this could "uncover new discoveries and a more nuanced appreciation for the features on the surface of the Moon."

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

College senior Benjamin Brundage helped uncover the Kimwolf botnet, which exploited a vulnerability in Ipidea’s software to launch over 26,000 cyberattacks.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

“It affirms what our communities have always known: You cannot investigate injustice without the power to uncover the truth,” Eke said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Nothing about the natural world, at first glance, suggests the existence of a gene; indeed, you have to perform rather bizarre experimental contortions to uncover the idea of discrete particles of inheritance.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee