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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The mainstay of the AI law is to set boundaries on AI and the use of biometric data such as fingerprints, eye retina recordings, and voiceprints, though this is aimed at government entities and not necessarily private sector organizations, and to prohibit using AI in untoward ways.
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
The federal student loan program lacks even rudimentary safeguards common in the private sector.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
And of course, the private sector is even more universally opposed.
—Gregory D. Squires, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2026
In the private sector, the driving need to earn a profit often tips the scale in favor of change.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
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Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 25 Jan. 2026
The federal student loan program lacks even rudimentary safeguards common in the private sector.
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
And of course, the private sector is even more universally opposed.
—Gregory D. Squires, Baltimore Sun, 25 Jan. 2026
In the private sector, the driving need to earn a profit often tips the scale in favor of change.
—Walter Russell Mead, The Atlantic, 24 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for private sector
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“Private sector.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20sector. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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