private
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He then went to another private school, an hour’s ride from home.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
The private meetings, the coded language, the missing details.
From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026
Honestly, you are in your 60s at this point, and I don’t see your husband going through a miraculous change through marital or even private therapy.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
They can band together to form corporations - which operate like private militaries or shipping companies.
From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026
They didn’t have to rely on the main roads, either; their loggers knew the network of private roads they’d built through the trees.
From "Mountain of Fire" by Rebecca E. F. Barone
Vocabulary lists containing private
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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Workshop 2, Part 1
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