1
as in confidential
not known or meant to be known by the general populace
privy information on the current state of the peace negotiations
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2
as in clandestine
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
privy meetings between high-level representatives from both sides for the purpose of bringing about an armistice
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3
as in personal
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
a privy seal that can be used only by the British monarch
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as in outhouse
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Recent Examples of privy
Vona Groarke, The New York Review of Books, 7 Apr. 2022
An investigation was launched after Simmons accused Charles of bugging her office and being privy to Board of Education information he was not entitled to, officials wrote.
—Tanasia Kenney The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 8 Feb. 2023
Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Most individual and group campsites on the Apostles have a fire ring, picnic table, bear-resistant food locker and nearby privy.
—Axios Local, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
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Adjective
But only one privy for every hundred bunks on the City of Berlin and no deck below in third class: for six nights, the same foul air.
—Vona Groarke, The New York Review of Books, 7 Apr. 2022
An investigation was launched after Simmons accused Charles of bugging her office and being privy to Board of Education information he was not entitled to, officials wrote.
—Tanasia Kenney The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 8 Feb. 2023
Noun
The latter is an important detail to which her son is not exactly privy.
—Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024
Most individual and group campsites on the Apostles have a fire ring, picnic table, bear-resistant food locker and nearby privy.
—Axios Local, Axios, 1 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for privy
Adjective
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Never enter sensitive, confidential or proprietary company information into public AI tools like ChatGPT.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has been building a secret stock position with special confidential treatment for two quarters in a row.—
Yun Li,
CNBC,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Party leaders could reveal what their rivals were cooking up and reporters could penetrate clandestine deal-making through sources.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
15 Aug. 2025
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Nic Carter, a crypto venture capitalist, then coined the term Operation Choke Point 2.0, referring to an Obama administration clandestine operation to debank undesirable industries including firearms dealers and payday lenders in the early 2010s.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The third level involves strengthening behavior, particularly in personal and professional contexts.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Johnson’s office directed questions to his political team, which confirmed the payments from a campaign account but said the property was being rented as office space — not a personal residence.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Even from the outside, the bathroom door was fully covered in scrap wood, with a moon cut out to resemble an outhouse door.—
Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
20 July 2025
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Now the outhouse door bangs open and shut in the same wind.—
Erica Stern
June 9,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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In the 2021 film, Odenkirk (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) stars as Hutch Mansell, a by-the-numbers working stiff who harbors a secret past as an off-the-books government assassin.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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But after Superman dealt with Lex Luthor endangering the planet by building his own pocket universe, Peacemaker’s secret hideaway becomes the central plot point of these new episodes.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Organizational culture is subjective, and each employee has their own understanding of it.—
Dieneria Brown,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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This idea of good taste is a limiting framework and totally subjective.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Here there will be a tiled shower, a soaking tub, dual sink vanity and a separate room for the commode.—
James Alexander,
Hartford Courant,
8 June 2025
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Thompson suggests a half-wall between the sink and commode that can be removed to make way for a wheelchair.—
LEW SICHELMAN,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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Constructed from 1933 to 1934 to house Nashville's main post office, it was restored to its original splendor through a public/private partnership campaign led by Dr. Thomas F. Frist Jr. and his family.—
Jennifer Brett,
Nashville Tennessean,
17 Aug. 2025
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Mitchell Leff/Getty Images When receivers and quarterbacks took a trip out West before training camp for private workouts, Nabers was a part of the action.—
Justin Grasso,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Privy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privy. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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