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private
adjective as in personal, intimate
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confidential, exclusive, independent, individual, secret, separate, special
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behind the scenes, clandestine, close to one's chest, discreet, hush-hush, hushed, nonpublic, not open, off the record, own, reserved, under one's hat, unofficial
noun as in lowest rank of person enlisted in armed service
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This type of accommodation is longer-term temporary housing, managed on behalf of the Home Office by private operators.
"In the private sector, lots of private landlords do put carpets down but social housing landlords and local authorities in England are not required to put floor coverings down so they usually don't."
Once a private practitioner in London's exclusive Harley Street, Ms Jackson was now selling shortcuts to beauticians nationwide, telling our researcher: "I'm so busy."
One man, who asked to keep his identity private, said he had seen a teenage boy carrying away a small child from changing rooms beside the beach on the day Cheryl disappeared.
As private and public sector organizations have digitized more of their operations, the ramifications of a cyber attack or data breach are more severe.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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