privy
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“Mrs. Trump played no role whatsoever in organizing the wedding event and was not privy to any aspect of its financial planning.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
I am not now privy to the thinking of Yale administrators and trustees.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
Princess Michael of Kent, another non-working royal, also has a property in Kensington Palace which is paid for by the privy purse.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2026
As a widow, you do qualify for benefits that unmarried individuals are not privy to, such as a step-up in payment amount if your deceased spouse’s benefit was higher than yours.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026
Outside there was no picnic table, as at most other shelters, and no privy.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
Three indoor privies were lighted by skylights and ingeniously ventilated by a 150-foot-long lateral tunnel that drew in air and discharged it through adjoining chimneys, providing a continuous draft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
I never followed up to learn whether it was in time to restock the park privies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
In 2011, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation issued a “Reinvent the Toilet Challenge” asking the world’s brightest minds to redesign our privies to recover valuable resources from the waste.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2021
While some neighborhoods were wealthy and spacious, others were poor and cramped, their narrow alleys made narrower still by wells and shared privies.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2020
Lockers, benches, mirrors—even privies, separated only by low walls—leave all of us in full sight.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
An thou wilt have it so, be it in my house, for there it will be privier both for me and for thee.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Sir Richard Francis Burton
Vocabulary lists containing privy
The Great Gatsby
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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