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unseal

[uhn-seel] / ʌnˈsil /
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Washington officials also noticed that Clayton separately didn’t sign his name to an initial filing asking a judge to unseal grand-jury materials related to Jeffrey Epstein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026

It also seeks to unseal the FBI's affidavit used to obtain the warrant from a federal magistrate judge.

From Barron's ● Feb. 4, 2026

Florida and New York judges had previously refused to unseal grand jury materials related to Epstein, citing federal rules that require grand jury processes to be secret.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

In order to unseal the Epstein documents, Congress was waiting for one last signature to put the matter to a vote.

From Slate ● Nov. 13, 2025

But for the rest, I unseal a test-strip kit.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera

His attorney, Stacey Hegge, argued that Sanford should be able to inspect and participate in redacting the affidavits before the circuit court unseals them, to avoid any disclosure of trade secrets.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2023

Justice Department unseals charges against Huawei, Meng and several of the companies’ subsidiaries, alleging not only violation of trade sanctions but also the theft of trade secrets.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 29, 2019

September 2005: A judge unseals the Philadelphia grand jury report.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 14, 2018

He pledged Thursday not to release the alleged victims’ names or identifying information if he unseals the records.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2016

He shows them the envelope, unseals it with a letter opener, and pulls out five typewritten pages.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Albertsons is accusing Kroger leaders of making “lowball offers” to federal regulators to largely keep the most-profitable stores in the combined company, and hive off the weaker-performing ones, according to a court filing unsealed Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Two weeks ago, Mendonca unsealed a police report linked to the Vorcaro investigation.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

When court documents were unsealed last month it also emerged books were being destroyed in the process of training Anthropic's AI chatbot, Claude.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Among those charged in the newly unsealed indictment is Cameron Lockett, 23, a.k.a.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026

The act of folding it away brought her to an obvious realization: it could not have been sent unsealed.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

Fulton County officials filed a lawsuit demanding their return and District Judge JP Boulee, a Trump nominee, ordered the unsealing on Tuesday of the search warrant affidavit used to justify the seizure.

From Barron's ● Feb. 10, 2026

Its motion also asks for the unsealing of a law enforcement agent’s sworn statement that was presented to the judge who approved the search warrant, the county chairman, Robb Pitts, said Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026

The order to publish the materials followed a similar ruling from a judge in Florida on Friday, which allowed for the unsealing of documents related to the state's investigation against Epstein that began in 2005.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

Similar unsealing requests, citing the new law, are pending before the two federal judges in New York who presided over the Epstein and Maxwell cases.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

She had taught him all her lore in herbals and healing, and all she knew of the crafts of finding, binding, mending, unsealing and revealing.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin


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