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under seal

under seal prepositional phrase: bearing a seal.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Bearing a seal.
    • The letter was delivered under seal.
  2. Legally bound not to be disclosed.
    • The terms of the settlement will remain under seal indefinitely.
    • Other members of the LAPD who were involved in the disaster have also remained anonymous, their discipline under seal.2023 July 14, Brittney Mejia, Libor Jany, Richard Winton, “LAPD refused to ID officers behind a huge fireworks explosion. Now we have their names”, in Los Angeles Times

Questions about under seal

What does under seal mean?
Under seal means bearing a seal.
What part of speech is under seal?
Under seal is a prepositional phrase.

Words near under seal in the dictionary

  1. under over
  2. under pain of
  3. under par
  4. under protest
  5. under sail
  6. under seal
  7. Under Secretaries
  8. Under Secretary
  9. under someone's nose
  10. under someone's roof
  11. under square

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