1. Don't tell anyone about it. It's a top secret.
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If we want to talk about the next valuable secret, what expression can we use?
2. It's a second top secret.
3. It's the next top secret.
4. It's a second class secret.
(Do we have to use 'a' or 'the'? Which one is used? Do we have a suitable term for that?)
1 answer
A secret is a secret. Government agencies may classify secrets, but they are all still secrets. We don't usually refer to a secret as having degrees or rankings.