LETTING ON (ABOUT) Synonyms: 80 Similar and Opposite Words

letting on (about)

verb

present participle of let on (about)

as in disclosing

to make known (as information previously kept secret) we agreed not to let on about our marriage plans to anyone

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Most 10-Qs are cookie cutter documents disclosing financial figures already embedded in corporate records.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026
The judge also wrote that disclosing so much information on the 2020 election workers would discourage people from helping with future elections.

— Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 7 July 2026

Definition of disclosing

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During a 2019-20 artist residency with New York City’s Department of Records and Information Services, Weist mined municipal archives for records revealing how city government had defined, supported and monitored past artists.

— Rhoda Feng, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
The loss of those Xbox employees is in addition to the Xbox 1,600 staffers who will be laid off this week, per Sharma’s memo to staff revealing the changes.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 6 July 2026

Definition of revealing

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Officials have not reported discovering caches containing cash, gold or weapons and have not publicly commented on the broader allegations.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
The findings also demonstrate the incredible observing power of the JWST and how the $10 billion space telescope is still discovering things no other instrument can.

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 2 July 2026

Definition of discovering

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Few would dispute that on average or even at the median, males may be bigger and more powerful than females, or that in certain contact sports the difference may be telling and on occasion dangerous.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
Harry's team had a different version of events, however, telling the BBC that the offer was withdrawn by the palace after it had already been accepted by the duke, further fueling the confusion.

— Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of telling

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For both founders, the swap was less about replacing each other and more about learning from each other's businesses, uncovering operational blind spotsblind spots and offering pointers.

— Emese Maczko, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Part of the joy of this comedy-thriller from Andy Siara (Palm Springs) is uncovering its twisty secrets.

— Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 2 July 2026

Definition of uncovering

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