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private sector

NOUN
for-profit businesses
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Attention at the Yerevan summit is expected to focus on how the private sector can make up the shortfall.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

With public finances under strain, Schomaker said COP17 in Armenia would focus on ways to better engage the private sector in helping close the $700-billion annual funding shortfall for the 2030 nature protection goals.

From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026

Public-sector jobs fell by 70,000, a fourth consecutive decline, while the number of workers in the private sector was little changed for a second month in a row, rising by 24,100.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Under the proposed scheme, youngsters would be offered posts in the private sector, with the government paying half their salary.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

He’d carried the load admirably, inspiring people like Barack and Valerie to move out of the private sector and into community work and public service.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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