private sector
Example Sentences
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In data-center-dense Virginia, Northern Virginia Community College launched a program for data-center work with help from the private sector.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026
More often in recent years, the funds that the World Bank advances have been intended not only to jump-start projects but also to seed parallel investments from the private sector, lifting the development bank’s impact.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Agency for International Development, which aimed to grow the private sector after the Soviet Union’s breakup.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
But in the US, most private sector employees work under "at-will" contracts, which means they can be can be fired without reason.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
Thinking he could fare better in the private sector, he eventually quit the force to go into business with friends.
From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung
