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as in confidential
not known or meant to be known by the general populace
that he is planning to retire is private information until he makes a public announcement
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as in clandestine
undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others
a private investigation of the organization's activities
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as in personal
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
club lockers in which private property may be stored
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Recent Examples of private
Relocating them is extremely costly and often impractical, leaving many residents effectively trapped – and private equity firms are exploiting this vulnerability, Schwank said.
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Lauren Jessop, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2025
The Financial Times reported last week that Meta is seeking $29 billion from private capital firms for its all-in push to build AI data centers.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 30 June 2025
The expansion fee is a record $250 million, according to two sources who requested anonymity because the discussions were private.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 30 June 2025
This was of national interest, not just private economic interest.
—Laura Poppick, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
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Lauren Jessop, The Washington Examiner, 30 June 2025
The Financial Times reported last week that Meta is seeking $29 billion from private capital firms for its all-in push to build AI data centers.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 30 June 2025
The expansion fee is a record $250 million, according to two sources who requested anonymity because the discussions were private.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 30 June 2025
This was of national interest, not just private economic interest.
—Laura Poppick, Rolling Stone, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for private
Adjective
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Her usual duties included accessing confidential deputy records and internal affairs investigations.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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The city argued the policy was confidential, and would interfere with the department’s ability to fight crime.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 June 2025
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American veterans and others have traveled to smaller, clandestine clinics for treatment to deal with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and addiction.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA Today,
29 June 2025
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Gi-hun, who’d found his way back in the clandestine gaming complex (situated inside a mountain on a remote island), is Player 456 again among a new round of contestants.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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The calendar overflows, and space for strategic thinking evaporates while personal well-being is pushed to the margins.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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But a more personal highlight came earlier in the year, when Oasis played two dates at City’s then-home, Maine Road.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
29 June 2025
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Peter Vack This fictional tale collapses the internet, theater, and the movie screen into a dystopian world where, with the creation of a world blurring online and offline, the three merge into a secret fourth thing.—
Matt Shaw,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Originally built by the British Navy, the cabin is said to have been the site of secret meetings held by Winston Churchill.—
Zoe Baillargeon,
Travel + Leisure,
28 June 2025
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Conan Edogawa and Detective Kogoro Mouri join the Nagano prefectural police to investigate a break-in at the observatory while uncovering a deeper plot involving undercover agents, betrayal, and vengeance.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
30 June 2025
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On June 24, undercover agents attempted to purchase fireworks from Pan.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
30 June 2025
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This ambitious project is powered by an army of 432 small robots that are moving the massive structure about 33 feet each day to make way for a new underground development.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 June 2025
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Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his cabinet directed the British war effort during World War II from this secret underground complex.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
Adjective
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Tools And Frameworks Help Spot Potential Accurately Unlike performance, which is usually measured with data, potential can feel subjective.—
Melanie Hughes,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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There’s a risk of indecency, certainly, but the boundary is subjective, and Bayern smashing 10 past Auckland was merely them completing a full day’s work.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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For every regime change at the hands of Americans that went well—think Adolf Hitler’s exit from Germany and Benito Mussolini from Italy—there are multitudes that went off the rails: six overt attempts during the Cold War and another 64 in covert operations.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
19 June 2025
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The Whyte Python World Tour by Travis Kennedy The laughs are as big as the mullets in this rollicking story about a hugely successful hair-metal band that’s really a cover for a covert operation in Cold War-era Eastern Europe.—
Andrea Lavinthal,
People.com,
18 June 2025
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“Private.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/private. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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