How to Use private sector in a Sentence

private sector

noun
  • And most things the private sector invests in don’t work out.
    Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • That has to be part of the progressive vision, and that has to involve the private sector.
    David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • These are precisely the kinds of programs the private sector tends not to do on its own.
    David Leonhardt, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Average hourly wages in private sector jobs are up 4.7% over the last 12 months.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 26 July 2023
  • The city needs to contribute the land or half the funding while the private sector contributes the other half.
    Erika I. Ritchie, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Once the restrictions are proposed, the private sector will have time to comment on the limits, which could shape how they are put in place.
    Ana Swanson, New York Times, 13 July 2023
  • The decline is even sharper in the private sector: Fewer than 1 in 16 workers belong to a union.
    Jacob Turcotte, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Much if not most of that will have to come from the private sector, specifically from bond investors.
    Felix Salmon, Axios, 24 July 2024
  • Only 1% of the $333 billion given to health care last year from the private sector went to the nursing profession.
    Tracy R. Vitale and Caroline Dorsen, STAT, 16 July 2024
  • The city needs the private sector, for-profit and not-for-profit, and the city needs regular Angelenos.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2023
  • There is disagreement over whether Medicare should be run by the private sector.
    Stephanie Armour | Kff Health News, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
  • The problem there is the problem a lot of companies in the private sector are facing: a labor shortage.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
  • So many of my former public radio colleagues, and those working in the private sector lost their jobs.
    Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Those no longer willing or able to come into the office five days a week can find gainful employment in the private sector.
    Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Gains in the private sector were offset by losses in government jobs.
    John Magsam, arkansasonline.com, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The private sector raised a matching $50 million for housing.
    Alexandria Sands, Axios, 25 July 2024
  • When the public sector fails us, the private sector becomes one of our most important lines of defense.
    Alphonso David, Fortune, 24 July 2023
  • In government, as in the private sector, only the Agile will survive.
    Steve Denning, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Voters were largely split along partisan lines over which group — the public or private sector — was more to blame.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
  • With all these pressures and constraints, NASA has chosen to see whether the private sector can come up with a winning solution.
    Chris Impey, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2024
  • There’s to be one nonvoting member each from the private sector and the faith community.
    John Hudson, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Gomez holds over 30 years of public and private sector experience to her role.
    Breanna Bell, Variety, 25 Sep. 2023
  • Ward said there are 15 private sector partners prepared to hire the graduates.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The race for adaptation must ultimately be won in the private sector.
    Ted Caplow, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
  • The report shows annual pay was up 7.2% year-over-year in the private sector, with the biggest gains in leisure and hospitality making up 34% of the jobs.
    Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2023
  • There’s so much ingenuity and innovation in the private sector that can be shared and scaled.
    Jennifer Lotito, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The study states that 86% of Carroll businesses are in the private sector, and another 14% are government jobs.
    Sherry Greenfield, Baltimore Sun, 12 Aug. 2024
  • The private sector is quickly becoming a major player in the fight against climate change.
    Bysumant Sinha, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2023
  • And only 27% of private sector workers have paid family leave through their jobs.
    Dawn Huckelbridge, Glamour, 8 Aug. 2024
  • According to a study for The Pew Charitable Trusts, as many as 56 million private sector workers lack access to a retirement savings plan through their jobs.
    Sheila Callaham, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024

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