as in exclusive
belonging to only one person, unit, or group and not used by or available to others
The restaurant's proprietary recipe for barbecue sauce is only known to the head chef.
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Transit sources told The News that footage on the cards is stored in a proprietary format, and should be unreadable without the MTA’s own software.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
The personalized approach utilizes proprietary and third-party apps and allows students to master topics up to five times faster than traditional methods, Alpha claims.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
On the floor is a Blade Battery, BYD's proprietary battery tech.
—Alex Goy, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
Bethesda's proprietary Creation Engine is still there handling the gameplay logic and systems.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2025
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
The personalized approach utilizes proprietary and third-party apps and allows students to master topics up to five times faster than traditional methods, Alpha claims.
—Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
On the floor is a Blade Battery, BYD's proprietary battery tech.
—Alex Goy, ArsTechnica, 29 Apr. 2025
Bethesda's proprietary Creation Engine is still there handling the gameplay logic and systems.
—ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Proprietary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proprietary. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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