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

Examples of private sector in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In short, there’s no enabling of federal government growth through interest paid on reserves (the opposite, whereby banks lends the money also isn’t inflationary contra Michel), rather governments get all sustenance from the private sector. —John Tamny, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

As of Friday, economists polled by FactSet expect the ADP report on Wednesday to show 120,000 private sector jobs were added in May, up from the better-than-expected 109,000 in April . —Kevin Stankiewicz,zev Fima, CNBC, 31 May 2026

But the irony is that the private sector may need government guidance just as much. —Justin Worland, Time, 28 May 2026

During the McCarthy era, overreaching laws, surveillance, and public and private sector reprisals ostensibly targeted alleged communists. —Bruce Schneier, The Conversation, 27 May 2026

Rhymes for private sector

• photodetector
• bisector
• collector
• connector
• corrector
• defector
• deflector
• detector
• director
• dissector
• effector
• ejector