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The couple - no longer working royals and visiting in a private capacity - are combining visits to charitable causes with commercial ventures.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
This time of year, the village gardens, private estates and rolling fields of West Dorset burst with life.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
With McKinsey attributing two-thirds of quantum start-up investments to private sector funding in 2024, that’s fairly significant.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Its private colleges offered a seemingly reliable pathway - even for average students - to study abroad and eventually settle there.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 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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