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privy to

idiom

: allowed to know about (something secret)
I wasn't privy to their plans.

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What’s more interesting, and more challenging for me structurally, is to give as many different angles from the parties involved as possible, so that the reader is privy to this range of experiences. Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 25 Nov. 2025 Investigators aren't privy to its whereabouts but believe it probably was broken up and melted down. CBS News, 19 Nov. 2025 Davis has already been privy to a lot of those in his career. Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025 New Berlin officials also weren't privy to the basis for the decision. Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for privy to

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“Privy to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/privy%20to. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.

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