in private
Example Sentences
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“This is something that is moving very fast in private hands, and if we don’t get on top of it, I think can be dangerous.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Bank of Montreal and Sun Life Financial pledged 75 billion Canadian dollars in private capital to support Canada’s infrastructure push.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Greg Martin, a managing director in private markets at Rainmaker Securities, thinks Coxon’s post could force Anthropic to be more explicit about security in its IPO filing.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026
But afterwards, in private moments, the radical change to her appearance was hard.
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
His wife, Angela, was silent, as always; to hear her speak, you had to hide under the window of their cabin as she counseled her man in private.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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