private
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For example, how would we value privately held assets, such as private businesses?
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
Police and FBI agents showed up to supplement the private guards, even though Harsimran Singh never filed a formal complaint with them.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
The French finance minister Roland Lescure had just had a private meeting with Bessent when I met him.
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026
Potentially excessive investment in certain areas—data centers and private credit are the two main suspects—has accumulated.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
She always seemed to me to be a very private person, happy enough in her own silence.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
Vocabulary lists containing private
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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Workshop 2, Part 1
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