privy to

idiom

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

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New Berlin officials also weren't privy to the basis for the decision. Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025 Passengers will also be privy to bespoke soundtracks, films, rotating digital art exhibitions and editorial storytelling with artists across the airlines media platforms. Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025 Though the audience is privy to Laz’s motivations, outsiders, including Jenna, Seth, and his ex-wife Bella (Karla Crome), are able to see only a man overcome by grief and loss who is quickly unraveling. Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025 For centuries, the wreck becomes the stuff of legends, with only the remote indigenous Guna Yala tribe privy to its exact location. Chrissie McClatchie, Robb Report, 20 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 29 Oct. 2025.

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