private

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Most of the “action” involves the first lady making entrances: off private jets, out of big black cars and into well-appointed rooms.

From Los Angeles Times

Attempting to avert financial failure, the private water company’s board now plans to start charging people a new “fire recovery fee” of about $3,000 over the next five years, or about $50 a month.

From Los Angeles Times

Fiercely protective of his private life, he has many of the same friends he hung out with as a child.

From Barron's

A Go Fund Me appeal launched to pay for a private search and essential family expenses for the parents, who are still in Casablanca, has raised more than £60,000.

From BBC

Nicholson, who has an M.B.A. from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management, says that Bulletproof, a family office that manages money for a wealthy individual, invests in both public and private markets.

From Barron's