private

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But many of the comments also criticized Nelson’s sale to private equity.

From Los Angeles Times

He referred to one occasion he had spent one or two nights on Epstein's infamous private island, as well as visits to Epstein's New York and New Mexico properties.

From BBC

The land on which the building sits has been owned since 1902 by the Cooper Union, a private college that specializes in art, architecture and engineering.

From Barron's

Three flavors of investigators combine here: the citizen detective, the private detective and the police detective.

From Los Angeles Times

“It could be foreign entities, it could be private equity, we really have no way of knowing who’s buying up this land,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times