privately

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This snapshot of opinion should not be taken as reflecting the views of all officers, but others have privately echoed similar sentiments.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Separately, Medtronic on Wednesday also raised its quarterly dividend by a penny and said it has made strategic investments into two privately held companies focused on the development of intracardiac echocardiography, or ICE, catheter technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Charters are privately operated public schools, most of which are nonunion.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Superior algorithms are held privately, run with institutional capital and protected like trade secrets.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

Guthmundur Thorarinsson privately complained—but not to Bobby—that the Icelandic Chess Federation had lost $50,000 on the match, because there was no money from television or film rights.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady