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private sector

NOUN
for-profit businesses
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He was speaking at the Global Biodiversity Alliance Conference, where Indigenous communities, governments, the private sector, researchers and financial institutions discuss international conservation efforts.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

Flash PMI data showed that business activity is diverging across different markets as geopolitical and macroeconomic conditions affect the private sector and inflation to various extents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Diffusing the workload, former members say, allows for regular interaction with elected officials and the private sector.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

In November 2023, the economy began producing a steady diet of largely sub-100,000 new monthly job readings out of the private sector that persist to this day.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 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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