private sector
noun
: the part of an economy which is not controlled or owned by the government
businesses in the private sector
private-sector businesses/gains
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Dear Liz: My wife worked in the private sector for 30 years and paid into Social Security before starting her current job in the public sector.
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Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests represented an opportunity to liberalize the government in response to the growing private sector that emerged from economic reforms started a decade earlier.
—Byjason Ma, Fortune, 11 May 2024
Thirty-three percent of public-sector employees are in unions, as opposed to just 6% of the private sector.
—Veronique De Rugy, Orange County Register, 9 May 2024
The informal remittance market has also been critical to the development of an emerging private sector on the island.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
That collaboration showed how government can work with the private sector to establish a more accessible and inclusive health care system that effectively addresses disease and illness for all Americans.
—Ken McEldowney, STAT, 8 May 2024
In the private sector, they have largely been replaced by 401(k)s, which came along in the early 1980s.
—Michael Steinberger Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 8 May 2024
Even before the wars ended the Pentagon activated a plan to tame massive healthcare costs by pushing military medical care into the private sector, especially for family members.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 2 May 2024
With all these pressures and constraints, NASA has chosen to see whether the private sector can come up with a winning solution.
—Chris Impey, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2024
Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2024
The 1989 Tiananmen Square protests represented an opportunity to liberalize the government in response to the growing private sector that emerged from economic reforms started a decade earlier.
—Byjason Ma, Fortune, 11 May 2024
Thirty-three percent of public-sector employees are in unions, as opposed to just 6% of the private sector.
—Veronique De Rugy, Orange County Register, 9 May 2024
The informal remittance market has also been critical to the development of an emerging private sector on the island.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 9 May 2024
That collaboration showed how government can work with the private sector to establish a more accessible and inclusive health care system that effectively addresses disease and illness for all Americans.
—Ken McEldowney, STAT, 8 May 2024
In the private sector, they have largely been replaced by 401(k)s, which came along in the early 1980s.
—Michael Steinberger Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Steven Szczesniak, New York Times, 8 May 2024
Even before the wars ended the Pentagon activated a plan to tame massive healthcare costs by pushing military medical care into the private sector, especially for family members.
—Quil Lawrence, NPR, 2 May 2024
With all these pressures and constraints, NASA has chosen to see whether the private sector can come up with a winning solution.
—Chris Impey, Discover Magazine, 29 Apr. 2024
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“Private sector.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20sector. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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