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He added that the UK government had joined as one of its majority investors, with a member on the board, but stressed that SaxaVord Spaceport was still a private commercial company.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
Weather conditions are a "major" focus of an investigation into a weekend private plane crash that killed nine people, US transportation investigators said Monday.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
Compared with the official gauge, the RatingDog survey covers more private and smaller companies that are more export-oriented.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
On Sunday, Stevens characterized her flip-flop as “a personal and private decision” in the middle of a press conference talking about it, which made the whole thing look more petty than principled.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
It would mean that the land would go right back to the way it was: commercial licenses and logging to private companies.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Taking a step back and looking at initial public offerings and public equity markets versus privates, I think it’s fair to say that somewhere along the line, we’ve lost our way.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
What, Henry asks, “have kings, that privates have not too, save ceremony, save general ceremony?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
Andriy Yermak, the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office, said the released servicemen included two officers, sergeants and privates who fought in different parts of the front.
From Reuters ● Aug. 7, 2023
They’re going to put aspartame in this possibly-causing-cancer category, along with, oh, putting talcum powder on your privates, or working in a dry cleaner.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2023
The privates of the Army were in such desperate circumstances, their pay being so meager, that they worked at other trades than killing and dying to supplement their income.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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