How to Use privy to in a Sentence

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• Davis has already been privy to a lot of those in his career.
  — Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
• Their characters seem to be privy to great secrets about the world.
  — Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 16 Oct. 2024
• The average fair-weather golf fan may not be too privy to those names.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2025
• That certainly makes sense, again, not being privy to any of that.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 1 Sep. 2023
• Neither parent is privy to the fact that Ray simply isn’t very nice.
  — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
• That opinion was not widely shared by those privy to discussions.
  — Clare Malone, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2023
• Konya said he was not made privy to any of the information shared in interviews.
  — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2025
• While the White House may not have been privy to such intel, Congress has.
  — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
• Twitter users were privy to some internet fireworks between the two men.
  — Gabriel Hays, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2023
• The gesture, which no one at home was privy to, was enough for the show to insist the band not perform their second song.
  — Shannon Carlin, TIME, 15 Feb. 2025
• The reader is privy to photographs and other ephemera left behind.
  — Erika L. Sanchez, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2023
• There will be a very short list of who is privy to the confidential information.
  — Bryan West, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
• It’s been privy to some of the most important events in the history of aeronautics.
  — Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025
• Jones is alleged to have passed along news of player availability the public was not privy to.
  — Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 25 Oct. 2025
• Its rooftop is privy to views of the Eiffel Tower and Grand Palais.
  — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 12 June 2025
• To be privy to the workings of Lila’s brain is something Lenù has always wanted.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024
• Do was privy to privileged emails between the county board and head lawyer Leon Page.
  — Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2025
• Soon enough, Maron’s audience will no longer be privy to a steady drip of his internal monologue.
  — Alison Herman, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025
• The entire restaurant, packed with customers, was privy to the tirade, but to some Carew’s rage seemed to just be part of the scenery.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024
• But only a handful of guild administrators will be privy to the true numbers.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• And to listen to them is to be privy to some of the most easily ignored palaver the global economic elite has to offer.
  — Noah Rothman, National Review, 18 Jan. 2024
• As the eldest son, Will was often privy to his father’s violent outbursts.
  — Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
• Like a wizard behind the curtain, only the project manager is privy to knowing all the moving parts.
  — Yaniv Shor, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2023
• New Berlin officials also weren't privy to the basis for the decision.
  — Jim Riccioli, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
• Those in the know (or on the inside) are often privy to information regular investors aren’t.
  — William Mersey, New York Daily News, 8 Apr. 2026
• Parts of North America were also privy to the light display on Sunday night.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Feb. 2023
• At the time, the protestors outside Capitol Hill who opposed the ban were not made privy to its findings.
  — Johanna Costigan, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
• Even some of the advisory group’s own members are seemingly not privy to the identities of those sitting on the board.
  — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 2 July 2026
• Ulman’s character stands out as someone with ties to the country, who speaks the language and is privy to the cultural nuances.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 3 Feb. 2025
• Osborne assured Myles that none of the families are privy to what is in the police investigative file.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 24 May 2023