private

Example Sentences

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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

It invites unwanted attention, public confrontation and immediate exclusion from private property.

From Los Angeles Times

Generally it is legal to film people in public, unless they are doing something which would be considered to be private, but doing so can come under existing laws such as harassment or stalking laws.

From BBC