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privacy

[prahy-vuh-see, priv-uh-see] / ˈpraɪ və si, ˈprɪv ə si /


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The property, which is listed with Santiago Arana with The Agency, is described in its listing as “extraordinary expression of privacy, security, and exclusivity.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Some of the new privacy tools include selecting who can see a child's profile photo and who can add them to groups.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

He often writes about sanctions, foreign bribery, illicit finance, competition, trade, data privacy and a range of other topics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

In their statement, the Lowe family said Fiona’s death is “devastating for our entire family” and requested prayers and privacy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

Even in the privacy of his mind, that promise felt like it belonged to someone else.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

In a 2014 Supreme Court decision that made it harder for police to search cellphones without a warrant, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote that the devices contained “the privacies of life.”

From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2017

Modern cellphones “hold for many Americans the privacies of life,” Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for a united court.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 5, 2017

But as late as 2014, the court recognized and protected “the privacies of life” contained in cellphones.

From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2016

Writing for the court, Chief Justice John Roberts stated about mobile phones: “With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans ‘the privacies of life.’

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2015

And, if we descend to the privacies of life, their habitations are more commodious, and their possessions are more secure.”

From Shorter Novels, Eighteenth Century The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia; The Castle of Otranto, a Gothic Story; Vathek, an Arabian Tale by William Beckford




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