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as in confidential
not known or meant to be known by the general populace
that he is planning to retire is private information until he makes a public announcement
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as in clandestine
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
a private investigation of the organization's activities
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as in personal
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
club lockers in which private property may be stored
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Recent Examples of private
Dimas Fire has been burning on private land for four hours.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Rural communities could be unequally impacted Unlike the postal service, private companies do not have the same service obligations requiring delivery to rural or sparsely-populated areas – even at a loss.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
With respect to a private creditor pursuing relief in state court, the answer is yes.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
With structured real estate investment strategies—whether through direct ownership, joint ventures or private equity real estate funds—SFOs can better ensure that their legacy endures, their wealth compounds and their future generations continue to thrive.
—Dj Van Keuren, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Apr. 2025
Rural communities could be unequally impacted Unlike the postal service, private companies do not have the same service obligations requiring delivery to rural or sparsely-populated areas – even at a loss.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
With respect to a private creditor pursuing relief in state court, the answer is yes.
—Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
With structured real estate investment strategies—whether through direct ownership, joint ventures or private equity real estate funds—SFOs can better ensure that their legacy endures, their wealth compounds and their future generations continue to thrive.
—Dj Van Keuren, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for private
Adjective
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In the subsequent months, her attorneys worked out an arrangement for Schrader to pay a confidential sum to resolve her allegations.—
Gene Maddaus,
Variety,
5 Apr. 2025
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In confidential interviews, students voiced deep frustration that their academic experience is being eclipsed by ideological imperatives, with many lamenting the intrusion of political conformity into spaces meant for intellectual and professional growth.—
Kevin Waldman,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025
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Taking over a century-old garden house hidden within Shanghai’s storied alleys, Samuel Gui Yang softly partitioned the space, seducing the audience yet making every one of them a clandestine voyeur.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
1 Apr. 2025
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In a display of gallows humor at the sloppiness of the leaders’ theoretically clandestine communication, people online quickly turned those symbols into memes, and renamed their own chats Houthi PC small group.—
Kyle Chayka,
The New Yorker,
26 Mar. 2025
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Florida’s slowdown in kindergarten vaccinations, which began after COVID arrived five years ago, mirrors a nationwide decrease in a post-pandemic world where politics, misinformation and personal freedom have muddied vaccination guidance and reduced trust in what the family doctor recommends.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
15 Mar. 2025
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Heavy on spectacle and light on her trademark personal connectivity, Blige’s 100-minute set was hindered by questionable pacing and condensed arrangements that minimized her formidable skills as a vocalist.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
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The circumstances surrounding Xander’s abrupt exit from his last hospital are kept secret throughout the entire first season of Pulse.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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Eighty years ago, elite paratroopers were leaping out of similar aircraft on a secret mission called Operation Firefly.—
Sabrina Clay,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Alan Ritchson says Reacher is the American James Bond Reacher works with DEA agents Susan Duffy (Cassidy) and Guillermo Villanueva (Roberto Montesinos) to go undercover in the rug-importing front, which is led by businessman Zachary Beck (Hall).—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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To investigate further, the DEA had five undercover officers visit his clinic to see whether Hollington would prescribe them medications without legit medical reasons between February and July 2022, prosecutors said.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
31 Mar. 2025
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Access is another issue: The chief noted that the department had even faced blazes in underground storm drains.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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In closed briefings, Pentagon officials have acknowledged that there has been only limited success in destroying the Houthis’ vast, largely underground arsenal of missiles, drones and launchers, according to congressional aides and allies.—
Farnaz Fassihi,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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For example, when the count is 2-1 and the batter doesn't swing at a borderline pitch, his fate will be dramatically shifted by the home plate umpire's subjective call.—
Jesse Kirsch,
NBC news,
26 Mar. 2025
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Vibe checks are inherently subjective and don’t scale.—
Scott Clark,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Then Gungnir covert sniper rifle seems like a bargain, relatively speaking, at just $12,867.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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In the letter, Grassley wrote that the records would help shine a light on the Nazi planning of the covert escape routes.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Private.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/private. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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