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Recent Examples of privy
Adjective
As a caretaker, my primary responsibilities were trail and privy maintenance. Maeve Goodrich, Outside Online, 19 July 2024 Mucking out the man’s privy and carrying water for his wife provide her with many hours of reflection on how to make a poem. Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
Noun
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 See All Example Sentences for privy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for privy
Adjective
  • Steve Madden, based in Long Island City, New York, said Adidas sued it twice in 2002 to challenge footwear with two parallel stripes and four parallel stripes, leading to a confidential settlement the next year.
    Jonathan Stempel, USA Today, 23 May 2025
  • But less attention is paid to the trades of executive branch employees and congressional aides whose work could give them access to confidential information likely to influence markets once made public.
    Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • Tired of using bulky night vision goggles for your clandestine nocturnal activities?
    Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 22 May 2025
  • The fiery combination of Mars trine Venus sparks things up in your clandestine 12th house of secrets and eighth house of intimate affairs.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • Also, having everything taken away in my own personal life.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2025
  • With traces of Bergman but also Chekhov and Ibsen, the film explores the volatile power of art and the cost of making highly personal work.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • The bathroom was an outhouse, the kitchen an open-air communal space.
    Lauren Vuong, Mercury News, 19 Apr. 2025
  • To celebrate the fact that spring has arrived, and with it, nine hours of sunlight a day compared to just five and a half, visitors partake in a reindeer sausage eating contest, hockey and snow sculpture tournaments, and world champion sled dog and outhouse races, to name but a few of its events.
    Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Nor is there a secret shortcut that nobody told you about.
    Eliza Brooke, Vox, 23 May 2025
  • Who wouldn’t buy anything O’Connor, with his darling secret smile, tells them?
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 May 2025
Adjective
  • Coffee taste is subjective, and this super-rich and caramel-forward blend is extremely drinkable and reminds me of working from the coffee shop down the street from my house.
    Joe Jackson, Outside Online, 12 May 2025
  • However, a driver is not legally obligated to submit to a field sobriety test, pre-arrest test or cheek swab at a DUI checkpoint, according to the Law Offices of Grech and Parker in Riverside. Field sobriety tests are subjective and may not accurately measure sobriety, according to Bee archives.
    Sarah Linn, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Other highlights include the nine-foot-plus height for the tray ceiling, a walk-in closet with a skylight, and a primary bath that includes a soaking tub, separate large shower, dual sink vanity, and a private room for the commode.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Here there is a dual sink vanity with a marble counter, a jetted tub, and separate room for a large tiled shower and the commode.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The center, which does not receive government funding, relies solely on private donations to keep their programs and facility up and running.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 26 May 2025
  • The museums are typically built in the presidents’ home states with private donations and endowments.
    Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 26 May 2025

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“Privy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/privy. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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