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
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Consumer interest translates to voter expectations, especially as the private sector continues to innovate and produce solutions.
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Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
In the 1980s, about 4 in 10 U.S. workers in the private sector had pension plans, but today only 1 in 10 do, and they’re overwhelmingly concentrated in the financial sector, said Jake Rosenfeld, chairman of the sociology department at Washington University-St. Louis.
—David Koenig, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
The desire to shift risk onto employees and away from a company’s bottom line has led most private sector defined benefit plans to vanish over the last 45 years.
—Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
In return, buyers would get access to an FBI database containing contact details on people in the private sector charged with managing the US’s critical infrastructure.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 17 Oct. 2024
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Sean Stein Smith, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
In the 1980s, about 4 in 10 U.S. workers in the private sector had pension plans, but today only 1 in 10 do, and they’re overwhelmingly concentrated in the financial sector, said Jake Rosenfeld, chairman of the sociology department at Washington University-St. Louis.
—David Koenig, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
The desire to shift risk onto employees and away from a company’s bottom line has led most private sector defined benefit plans to vanish over the last 45 years.
—Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
In return, buyers would get access to an FBI database containing contact details on people in the private sector charged with managing the US’s critical infrastructure.
—Michael Kan, PCMAG, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Private sector.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20sector. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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