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Examples of private eye in a Sentence
unable to get the interest of the police, they hired a private eye to find their missing daughter
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These private eyes spy on children in order to determine who is or isn’t living within the district’s strict attendance boundaries.
—Tim Deroche, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2025
In that time, Will has started over as a private eye in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 7 Jan. 2025
When a judge tentatively allowed the music to bang on this fall, sonic private eyes and city officials patrolled the neighborhood with microphones and decibel meters, gathering ammunition for the battle.
—Katie Thornton, Rolling Stone, 20 Dec. 2024
In Hot Spot, set in a near future society ruled by sentient A.I., a private eye investigates a murder case only to discover a rebel group capable of undermining the digital overlord.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2024
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First Known Use
1938, in the meaning defined above
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“Private eye.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20eye. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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