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unseal

[uhn-seel] / ʌnˈsil /
VERB
unlock
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The judge has announced that he would unseal court records related to the defence's plan, according to CBS.

From BBC Jun. 17, 2026

As part of his ruling, Boasberg also granted the central bank’s request to unseal the proceedings related to the Fed’s effort to quash the subpoenas targeting its chair.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 13, 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

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

First he needed to unseal with the wheel, then he needed to yank the handle.

From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi

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

An indictment unsealed this week in federal court in the Central District of California offers the most detailed allegations yet about Bishnoi’s role in a killing that shattered India’s relations with Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

The court records were unsealed this month after ProPublica moved to make them public, with the help of attorneys from the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press and the law firm Shaw Keller.

From Salon Jun. 19, 2026

An Indian national, Radhakrishnan Karthik Nair, 47, who worked for both companies as technical superintendent for the ship, the M/V Dali, is also named in the indictment unsealed on Tuesday.

From Barron's May 12, 2026

News Center that branded itself as a news source for Chinese Americans, according to the plea agreement unsealed Monday.

From Los Angeles Times May 11, 2026

Mrs. Winterbottom took the envelope and turned it over and over before she slowly unsealed it and slipped out the message.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech

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

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

Last week, the judge overseeing Maxwell’s case, Paul A. Engelmayer, ruled that unsealing grand jury materials “casually or promiscuously” would erode confidence in people called to testify before future panels.

From Salon Aug. 22, 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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