How to Use in private in a Sentence

in private

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• One person at a time, in private, where the masks can come off.
  — Mabel Yiu, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
• Around a dozen Velázquez paintings are still in private hands.
  — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
• The painting is one of the few Turners that’s still in private hands.
  — Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
• Close to half the remaining grouse habitat is in private hands.
  — Ted Williams, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2026
• For those wanting to dine in private, the full menu is available for room service.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Aug. 2026
• So far, more than $250 million in private funds have been spent on the project.
  — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
• When a fossil ends up in private hands, its future is uncertain.
  — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
• Klarna is learning in public what many companies still have to learn in private.
  — Brian Solis, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• These words of hatred were not shared in private emails or posted on semi-anonymous sites such as 8chan.
  — Maha Elgenaidi, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2026
• Athletes can receive massages in private rooms or meditate in the open area.
  — Tamerra Griffin, New York Times, 22 Aug. 2026
• And here lies one of the most persistent misconceptions in private wealth.
  — Ardi Shita, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
• At that point, the man’s sister arrived at the hospital and was allowed to speak with him in private, the memo states.
  — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2026
• Do parents or legislators know what students learn in private schools?
  — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
• The rise in stocks in the second quarter was offset by a pullback in private markets and real estate.
  — Robert Frank, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026
• There’s been about $40 million in private dollars committed so far.
  — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
• But in private conversations, the regime’s elites remain quite nervous.
  — Mohammad Ayatollahi Tabaar, Foreign Affairs, 1 Oct. 2026
• The scale gap shows up starkest in private capital, not just infrastructure.
  — Sajal Singh, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026
• Much of it happens in private chats, anonymous apps and social media accounts that hide the person posting.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Aug. 2026
• Hollis and Gigi retreat to the laundry room to talk in private (though all the friends are listening at the door).
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 July 2026
• However, this doesn’t mean that the family won’t wish Meghan a happy birthday in private.
  — Meg Walters, InStyle, 4 Aug. 2026
• Are staff members talking about residents in hallways instead of in private areas?
  — Anna Roman, Charlotte Observer, 14 Sep. 2026
• Lehrer has boasted in private about his connections with the Netanyahu family.
  — Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
• Michaels has been in private equity hands for five years, just shy of the idustry’s typical seven-year cycle for seeking an exit.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 17 July 2026
• As orphanages closed, more orphans and low-income children were entrusted to the care of foster parents in private homes.
  — Thomas Adam, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
• Timeline mapped out Dimon himself has been vocal about succession, both publicly and in private.
  — Anirban Sen, USA Today, 29 June 2026
• Eustaquio is comfortable leading Canada in public and in private.
  — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 29 June 2026
• Most of Corgi’s valuation gains have already happened in private.
  — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
• South Africa has in recent years seen a surge in private energy generation since the wide roll out of power purchase agreements.
  — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 22 July 2026
• Supervising clinicians in private practices and professional offices will no longer be able to bill in that way.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Freep.com, 22 Aug. 2026
• For many professionals, that feels far more uncomfortable than working another month in private.
  — Andy Molinsky, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026