private
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The traditional defense manufacturers, operating under cumbersome Pentagon contracting requirements, were well behind the private sector in computer technology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
Some of the courses caught up in the row are delivered by private companies which have a deal with a university to teach their degrees, often in buildings hundreds of miles from the main campus.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
The private jet company aims to make the ultimate splurge more accessible, with help from its Delta connection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026
King Charles and Queen Camilla will first travel to Washington DC where they will have a private meeting with Trump before the banquet.
From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026
Elisha called this private upper floor “a sort of sanctuary; a retreat to which we are driven by mischief-making eyes and tongues. There, like wounded deer we escape the hunters.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing private
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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Workshop 2, Part 1
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