unmask

verb

ˌən-ˈmask How to pronounce unmask (audio)
Definition of unmasknext
1
as in to reveal
to make known (as information previously kept secret) the killer's identity won't be unmasked until the season's final episode

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2
as in to expose
to reveal the true nature of unmasked the motives of the people advocating the sale of the publicly owned land

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Recent Examples of unmask The good news is that these sites are easy to unmask, and none of the checks require special tools. — Boris Dzhingarov, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026 Pangram has recently been credited with helping implode a lucrative book deal and unmasking AI use at The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2026 The boy told them that Ortiz’s suspicions about a fellow trekker had been well founded; upon crossing into Spain, one of the other Poles had been unmasked as a Gestapo spy. — Literary Hub, 31 Aug. 2026 Investigators who tried to unmask Dark Harvest scoured the local Highland communities, but got nowhere in their inquiries. — Rj MacKenzie, Popular Science, 5 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unmask
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmask
  1. reveal
  2. expose
  3. disclose
  4. uncover
  5. discover
  6. tell
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  • The companies revealed that the commercial agreement extends beyond a single installation.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • News reports have revealed incidents involving other websites that OpenAI had not publicly disclosed.
    — Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of reveal
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  • One thing that the company promotes are summits on different teams, so you can get exposed to different areas of the business, which is a great opportunity to upskill yourself and then share your learnings and knowledge with other people.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The breach has prompted a global investigation, with experts warning that information about agents and their families could expose them to extortion, swatting and other harassment.
    — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of expose
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  • External consultants have helped redesign how the bank encourages people to disclose, simplifying the process and building trust that the information won’t be used against them.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Each worker signed a document seen by The Associated Press agreeing not to disparage Caddell and not to disclose the individual payments.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026
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  • Gowanus is hardly the only postindustrial New York neighborhood rife with toxic waste — in Williamsburg and Greenpoint, the extent of toxic contamination is still being uncovered and mitigated in an ad hoc fashion.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Since then, the 16-foot-by-32-foot church has been reconstructed, after archaeologists in 2021 uncovered the church’s original foundation, as well as 62 graves linked to the congregation.
    — Nancy Jiang, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of uncover
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  • This is a play full of people trying very hard to be there for each other and discovering what makes that difficult.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2026
  • Cosmic death The unnamed exoplanet was discovered circling the white dwarf HS 0209+0832, according to a study published in the journal Nature Astronomy.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of discover
Verb
  • Katie does an excellent pivot and tells everyone that Jay also said Kriste was a Traitor.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026
  • But when Disney offered 13-year-old Jason Weaver $2 million to sing as young Simba in The Lion King—his mom told them no.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026
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“Unmask.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmask. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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