privy

Powell says he understands the pressures of modern day policing and assumes something is happening behind the scenes they may not be privy to.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

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

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

Outside there was no picnic table, as at most other shelters, and no privy.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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

The nitre beds were large rectangles of rotted manure and straw, moistened weekly with urine, “dung water,” and liquid from privies, cesspools and drains, and turned over regularly, according to accounts at the time.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2020

It’s a small building, not much bigger than the privies we passed a little ways back, and Gideon turns to Bill when we arrive.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

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 Sir Richard Francis Burton