privy to

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However, access to accounts alone is not exactly proof of wrongdoing unless you are privy to additional facts or evidence of misuse.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 25, 2026

Do they get updates at the same time and are they privy to development information?

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

That scenario had been briefed days earlier to the Gang of Eight—the top Republicans and Democrats in Congress privy to the most sensitive U.S. intelligence about national-security matters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

“You just feel that it’s happening, even if you’re not privy to the exact contents of the conversations.”

From Salon • Feb. 24, 2026

What a lot of people don’t know is that the president sees almost everything, or is at least privy to basically any available information related to the country’s well-being.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama