privy
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I am not now privy to the thinking of Yale administrators and trustees.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
The Senate passed a resolution in April banning lawmakers in the upper chamber, and their staff who are often privy to sensitive information, from betting on Kalshi and Polymarket.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
They do not pay any rent for this central London accommodation, instead it is paid by the "privy purse", which is the monarch's personal money, to the Royal Household.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
As a widow, you do qualify for benefits that unmarried individuals are not privy to, such as a step-up in payment amount if your deceased spouse’s benefit was higher than yours.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
He put in a nice new privy, and had a new well dug right by the back porch so you didn’t have to go in the yard to draw water.
From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns
Three indoor privies were lighted by skylights and ingeniously ventilated by a 150-foot-long lateral tunnel that drew in air and discharged it through adjoining chimneys, providing a continuous draft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
I never followed up to learn whether it was in time to restock the park privies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
In 2011, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation issued a “Reinvent the Toilet Challenge” asking the world’s brightest minds to redesign our privies to recover valuable resources from the waste.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2021
While some neighborhoods were wealthy and spacious, others were poor and cramped, their narrow alleys made narrower still by wells and shared privies.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2020
Seemed to me if they filled in the privies, locked up the school, and threw the key down the well, they could save some real money and do us all a service.
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
An thou wilt have it so, be it in my house, for there it will be privier both for me and for thee.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Vocabulary lists containing privy
The Great Gatsby
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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