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Recent Examples of privy
Adjective
An hour in, the setup is still going on as Rom rummages through old photographs, putting together connections the audience has never been privy to. Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2023 But it could actually only be used by up to 40 people at a time – each side of the privy is lined with around 20 holes. Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 19 Oct. 2022
Noun
Around the table, introductions went—Sokolov, a retired general—a lawyer, Voronin—a pair of cousins, pale young men, one broad, one fine—the wife of a Swiss consul—an architect—two men who gave their aristocratic titles—a privy councilor who introduced himself by civil rank. Daniel Mason, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024 The latter is an important detail to which her son is not exactly privy. Shannon Carlin, TIME, 1 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for privy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for privy
Adjective
  • Any player investigated for breaching the sport’s anti-doping or anti-corruption rules will receive financial assistance, confidential third-party counseling and additional free legal support.
    Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Giuliani recently reached a confidential settlement with Dominion.
    NPR Washington Desk, NPR, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • What’s being communicated in this clandestine network of underground messaging?
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a lead character’s creeping paranoia, a plot driven by nefarious and clandestine powers that be, the encroachment of the past on the present.
    Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • We, in collaboration with our partners, store and/or access information on a user's device, including but not limited to IP addresses, unique identifiers, and browsing data stored in cookies, in order to process personal data.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Shop Apple AirTags, personal safety alarms, anti-theft bags, and more essentials while they’re marked down up to 56 percent off.
    Aly Walansky, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This outhouse, very low-key in its arrangement and cold in winter, would later be transformed in 1934 to become a proper writing lodge.
    Katie da Cunha Lewin September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • In the 19 cabins here, propane lamps provide light, a wooden stove gives off heat, drinking water comes from an outdoor spigot, and a short path leads to an outhouse.
    Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Unwilling to shatter her image, Maddie unravels quietly, in secret, threatening her relationships and even her life.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • The three-year-old startup was in a sprint ahead of the October announcement of its next robot, the Figure 03, which was undergoing top-secret training when TIME visited.
    Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Get Ready: Katy Perry Has Released a Sneak Peek of Her New Song And the internet has receipts.
    Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 15 Mar. 2017
Adjective
  • That, of course, is subjective.
    Theoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe the purposefully ambiguous coda was concocted to prove some sort of Rashomon-style truth-is-subjective point.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Here there are two separate vanities with sinks, a hydro-soaking tub, separate shower stall, and a separate room for the commode.
    James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 17 Aug. 2025
  • This budget-friendly Nova Medical Products folding commode is simple to assemble, store and clean between uses and features a weight capacity of up to 300 pounds.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025

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