private sector

noun

: the part of an economy which is not controlled or owned by the government

businesses in the private sector

private-sector businesses/gains

Examples of private sector in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

At the same time, those services being provided create an enormous financial opportunity in the private sector. —Addie Morfoot, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025

Since then, he's been in the private sector in various advisory and security executive roles, according to his LinkedIn. —Sam Sabin, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025

The fact that Trump's capricious destruction of everything in sight is correctly associated by voters with economic turmoil, price increases, hiring freezes even in the private sector and an overall quite sour consumer outlook should concern them. —Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025

The reality, of course, is that true conservatives don’t want government trying to control speech in the private sector. —Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for private sector

• photodetector
• bisector
• collector
• connector
• corrector
• defector
• deflector
• detector
• director
• dissector
• effector
• ejector