as in solitude
the state of being alone or kept apart from others
I enjoy privacy for a time, but eventually I miss the company of others
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Recent Examples of privacy
She and others who spoke with CNN for this story asked only to use their first name for privacy reasons.
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
The moratorium serves to balance personal privacy with humanizing history, according to the country’s Central Statistics Office.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Other than enhancing the ambiance, greenery can also amp up privacy.
—Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with the constitutionality of law enforcement’s use of Google location history data to track down a suspect, in a case that could further define the Constitution’s protections for digital privacy.
—Julian Mark, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2026
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 28 Apr. 2026
The moratorium serves to balance personal privacy with humanizing history, according to the country’s Central Statistics Office.
—Tess Kenny, Chicago Tribune, 28 Apr. 2026
Other than enhancing the ambiance, greenery can also amp up privacy.
—Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with the constitutionality of law enforcement’s use of Google location history data to track down a suspect, in a case that could further define the Constitution’s protections for digital privacy.
—Julian Mark, Washington Post, 27 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for privacy
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Christian mystics throughout the centuries—Smith writes, for instance, of the 16th century’s Teresa of Ávila and John of the Cross, among many others—explored the ways in which retreating into solitude or letting the world slip amid silence had the potential to yield profound spiritual insights.—
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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However, solitude - isolation even – wasn’t meant to be the same as being stranded.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
26 Apr. 2026
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Pau’s early work cohered around a nonnarrative approach to themes of alienation and isolation, rendered through obscure and richly textured visuals.—
Pauline J. Yao,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Down Time is refreshingly original in its choice to plot the pandemic as a point on a timeline that extends in either direction, rather than viewing it in isolation.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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“Privacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privacy. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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