private sector

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“It needs to be a partnership between the state, the federal government and the private sector to be able to do those kinds of projects,” Jacobson said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

An executive order from Trump in December 2025, entitled “Ensuring American Space Superiority,” called for “creating a responsive and adaptive national security space architecture” through allied cooperation and private sector investments.

From Salon • Apr. 9, 2026

She is due to undergo pelvic floor surgery in the private sector as she has been told she would have to wait at least six years within the NHS.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

“It is time for us to maybe scale back on this government or PIF spending…and to let the private sector come in and start investing,” said the minister, who was later replaced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 449 points, to its lowest level in four years, and most of the market-moving news was coming not from the private sector but from government officials.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis