privacy
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"The Flatley and O'Brien families are devastated by Niamh's sudden passing and have asked that their privacy be respected as they come to terms with this heartbreaking loss," said the representative.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Norway's government said Monday it wants a temporary ban on the use of smart glasses in certain public places, citing privacy concerns, notably recording images without the knowledge of those filmed.
From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026
The property, which is listed with Santiago Arana with The Agency, is described in its listing as “extraordinary expression of privacy, security, and exclusivity.”
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Justice Scalia’s opinion for the court held that it was, because the device allowed the police to intrude on the privacy of the home’s interior.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
But finally, Grandmother told her to close the door for privacy.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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In a 2014 Supreme Court decision that made it harder for police to search cellphones without a warrant, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote that the devices contained “the privacies of life.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 13, 2017
Writing for the court, Chief Justice John Roberts stated about mobile phones: “With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans ‘the privacies of life.’
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2015
He said, “With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans the privacies of life”.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 8, 2014
Cellphones, Roberts wrote, “hold for many Americans ‘the privacies of life.’
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2014
In the perplexed privacies of his own mind he could not understand how everything had happened.
From Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Vocabulary lists containing privacy
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