privy to

idiom

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

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Nevertheless, Dartmouth students were privy to an early screening back in the day. Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025 This means making herself, not Spock, connect psychically with the Jikaru and being privy to some pretty dark thoughts. Keith Phipps, Vulture, 28 Aug. 2025 Adams reiterated that Greco is no longer working on the campaign and was not privy to the conversation with Honan or the incident. ABC News, 26 Aug. 2025 The suit alleges the integration gives OpenAI data that its rivals are not privy to and incentive for Apple to boost ChatGPT in its app rankings. Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 26 Aug. 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 9 Sep. 2025.

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