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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Black women may also now be having an especially hard time finding employment opportunities in the private sector.
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Daryl Fairweather, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The reason investors are so sure the cuts are coming is that underneath the weak headline number from the nonfarm payroll jobs report—just 22,000 new jobs—was even weaker data from the private sector.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Until this job, Bisignano, 66, spent his career in the private sector.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
China is tapping into the knowhow of its universities and private sector in efforts to integrate AI into national defense, and is doing so more systematically than the US, Georgetown University researchers found.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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Daryl Fairweather, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
The reason investors are so sure the cuts are coming is that underneath the weak headline number from the nonfarm payroll jobs report—just 22,000 new jobs—was even weaker data from the private sector.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Until this job, Bisignano, 66, spent his career in the private sector.
—Eli Hager, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2025
China is tapping into the knowhow of its universities and private sector in efforts to integrate AI into national defense, and is doing so more systematically than the US, Georgetown University researchers found.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Private sector.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20sector. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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