privy

I am not now privy to the thinking of Yale administrators and trustees.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

“The market has to assume he has information that the public is not privy to,” said Jim Ritterbusch, who runs his own oil advisory trading firm.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 7, 2026

I'm not privy to the conversations that have been had within the current set-up, but the naming of such a large squad suggests a certain amount of uncertainty.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

What we weren’t privy to were those alleged mood swings she mentioned in her breakup post, part of the silent caretaking women perform alongside other household maintenance.

From Salon ● Apr. 30, 2026

By and by, a small bonneted figure crept forth from the girls’ privy.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

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

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

Some of the nobles who lived in the palace or its grounds would use the hallways to relieve themselves instead of the privies because the latter were so inadequate and far from their rooms.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

It was the place where privies were set over open ditches.

From "Crispin: The Cross of Lead" by Avi

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