private
Example Sentences
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The idea is that private insurers would have a greater incentive than government to police waste and abuse.
But as private investors lead the rise in investment demand, it has contributed to volatility in the precious-metals market.
Now though, in public and private, they are having nothing to do with it.
From BBC
A more constructive scenario for software’s lenders would be a renewed merger-and-acquisition cycle, in which private equity’s portfolio companies find new buyers.
From Barron's
Lyons said he couldn’t publicly discuss ongoing investigations into the fatal shootings of Pretti and Good, who were both 37, but added that he would welcome a private conversation with Good’s family.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
