privy to

idiom

: allowed to know about (something secret)
I wasn't privy to their plans.

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Everyone privy to the plan knew that Henry’s charter plane, a 13-seat Gulfstream, could not land directly in Port-au-Prince, where gangs had encircled the main airport, part of a broad and unprecedented assault on the country’s core institutions. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025 While Adrien Brody And Mikey Madison Take Home Top Acting Honors There's no hard proof of foul play, but the situation has fueled speculation that someone privy to Trump's plan placed this bet knowing prices would jump. Shahar Ziv, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025 And if the latter is true, then there are a whole lot of things few parents are prepared to tell their adolescent children that Marielle is now privy to. Peter Debruge, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025 The Athletic is not privy to the intricacy of the greeting, given the true confidentiality of how Seals, even ones at an athletic apparel brand, slither behind the scenes. C. Clark, M. Vorkunov and F. Katz, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for privy to

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“Privy to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/privy%20to. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.

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