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Recent Examples of privy
Adjective
As a caretaker, my primary responsibilities were trail and privy maintenance. Maeve Goodrich, Outside Online, 19 July 2024 Mucking out the man’s privy and carrying water for his wife provide her with many hours of reflection on how to make a poem. Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
Noun
An investigation was launched after Simmons accused Charles of bugging her office and being privy to Board of Education information he was not entitled to, officials wrote. Tanasia Kenney The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 8 Feb. 2023 But district leadership wasn't privy to the decision until parents were already informed through their schools' principals. Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 7 Feb. 2023 See All Example Sentences for privy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for privy
Adjective
  • Trombetta — whose position afforded him access to confidential data, criminal investigative information and trade secrets — resigned from the gaming commission in December 2024 and went to lobby for FanDuel later that month as their director of government relations.
    Alexandra Glorioso, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Federal prosecutors in California charged Buma Tuesday with one count of disclosure of confidential information.
    Compiled by Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Director Jeremy Workman and editor Paul Murphy knew there was more nuance to the story than a clandestine performance piece, though.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 23 Mar. 2025
  • TdA is undertaking hostile actions and conducting irregular warfare against the territory of the United States both directly and at the direction, clandestine or otherwise, of the Maduro regime in Venezuela.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • As a business owner, fostering an environment that promotes positivity, whether through workplace culture, networking, or personal mindset, can directly impact financial decision-making and success.
    Shane Enete, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • This was born out of a total devastation to all of us on a very personal level, and their performances are very distinctively their own.
    Max Gao, Variety, 23 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Experts think waste from the toilet funneled into an underground holding chamber, similar to those used in outhouses or portable toilets.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Mar. 2025
  • In just one week, our group alongside community partners, painted an elementary school, mixed cement for outhouses and wells in villages, and assembled and delivered water filters to homes.
    Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Jaclyn’s secret tryst was discovered right away: Kate spotted Valentin leaving her room in the morning and then went and blabbed to Laurie, who was (understandably) upset.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 23 Mar. 2025
  • There was the usual banter, gathering together to watch Champions League matches, some afternoon naps and sessions of the card game Wolf, where players assume secret roles similar to the television hit ‘Traitors’.
    Greg O'Keeffe, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Participants acknowledge that judging of this kind is by its nature subjective.
    TIME.com, TIME.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The Associated Press reported this week that a second man, Michael Jones, has been convicted for his role in the burglary of the 215-pound gilded commode, which authorities have yet to recover. Jones, 39, was found guilty of burglary in the Oxford Crown Court on Tuesday, according to the AP.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Unfortunately, snakes slithering into commodes is not uncommon.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • With respect to a private creditor pursuing relief in state court, the answer is yes.
    Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025
  • NewsGuard has been a target of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, even though the federal agency does not have regulatory jurisdiction over the private rating service.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025

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