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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Carney’s career has often straddled the line between the private sector and the climate fight.
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Simmone Shah, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Trump has passed executive orders aiming to dismantle DEI in the government and private sector.
—Nate Raymond, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
The rate of union membership among public-sector workers has long been five times that of workers in the private sector.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
And that could end up hurting their chances of securing positions in the private sector in the long run, says Marcus Casey, an associate economics professor, who researches social mobility at the University of Illinois Chicago.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 27 Apr. 2025
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Simmone Shah, Time, 29 Apr. 2025
Trump has passed executive orders aiming to dismantle DEI in the government and private sector.
—Nate Raymond, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
The rate of union membership among public-sector workers has long been five times that of workers in the private sector.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2025
And that could end up hurting their chances of securing positions in the private sector in the long run, says Marcus Casey, an associate economics professor, who researches social mobility at the University of Illinois Chicago.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Private sector.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20sector. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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