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private sector

NOUN
for-profit businesses
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But in recent years, the bank also has marshaled capital investments from the private sector at an unprecedented clip, according to new data it published Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 17, 2026

Agency for International Development, which aimed to grow the private sector after the Soviet Union’s breakup.

From Salon Sep. 16, 2026

Singapore has long paid its politicians especially well, arguing that competitive salaries help to deter corruption and are necessary to attract top talent that might otherwise join the private sector.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

"A ban is more self-enforcing because you have involved the private sector and it becomes commercially unviable for them to deal in settlement goods," Stober says.

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

Thinking he could fare better in the private sector, he eventually quit the force to go into business with friends.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung




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