as in stashing
the placing of something out of sight
the secretion of their money in the backyard turned out to be a huge mistake
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The main thing to do is avoid direct contact with the secretions of camels and avoid ill individuals with potential risk.
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Mark Kortepeter, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
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Cosrx's Snail 96 Mucin Essence—with 96 percent snail secretion—hydrates and repairs skin, fragrance-free.
—Parker Hall, Wired News, 8 July 2025
Cancer leaves specific traces in a person's body and bodily secretions, which dogs, with their noses estimated to be between 1,000 and 10,000 times better than a human's, are able to smell.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
Animal research shows monk fruit doesn't raise blood sugar or trigger insulin secretion like table sugar does.
—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 2 June 2025
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Mark Kortepeter, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Photograph: Amazon Cosrx Advanced Snail Mucin 96 Percent Power Repairing Essence Serum
$25 $13 (48% off)
Amazon
$25
Nordstrom
Cosrx's Snail 96 Mucin Essence—with 96 percent snail secretion—hydrates and repairs skin, fragrance-free.
—Parker Hall, Wired News, 8 July 2025
Cancer leaves specific traces in a person's body and bodily secretions, which dogs, with their noses estimated to be between 1,000 and 10,000 times better than a human's, are able to smell.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
Animal research shows monk fruit doesn't raise blood sugar or trigger insulin secretion like table sugar does.
—Melissa Nieves, Verywell Health, 2 June 2025
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“Secretion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/secretion. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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