private

Definition for private

adjective as in hidden, isolated

noun as in lowest rank of person enlisted in armed service

Strongest match

soldier

Strong matches

GI, infantry, sailor

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Van Jones, the progressive CNN commentator often publicly sparring with Kirk, revealed this week that the conservative activist sent him a private message just one day before his assassination.

From Salon

Some at the meeting cited Estonia as an example of a country where digital identity has been used to allow citizens to access government and some private services such as medical records, voting and banking.

From BBC

But they were always intended to sustain an unstable compromise between true popular sovereignty and the oligarchic forms of power created and demanded by an economy built on private enterprise.

From Salon

The Vista Theater and the New Beverly show personal copies from the private collection of Quentin Tarantino, who saved the theaters from extinction.

He said he believed broadcasters are held to a different standard than private citizens, and that the Federal Communications Commission — which pushed to get Kimmel’s show canceled — “has somewhat of a point.”

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