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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
  • The White House’s claims about Abrego Garcia’s gang affiliation are based mostly on one confidential tip.
    Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS; all calls are kept confidential.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • He was allegedly held in a clandestine detention site and tortured by intelligence agents.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Guests can order craft cocktails at the circular bar, and for those who indulge, there’s a small, clandestine cigar room just off the entrance.
    John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This is especially true for those of you willing to get more vulnerable in the love and personal relationships department.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 May 2025
  • With persistence and technical grit, Kairys began producing illustrations that were not only accurate and expressive but deeply personal.
    Kaitlyn Gomez, USA Today, 1 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
  • Amazing tales of dead spacecraft that came back to life Related: SpaceX launches secret US spy satellite on 19th anniversary of company's 1st-ever liftoff (video, photos) The HALO Trust has been working in Cambodia since the 1990s, helping to scour hundreds of square miles of contaminated land.
    Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • For the privilege of associating with the Trumps, the startup would have to make, in effect, a secret multimillion dollar payment to World Liberty.
    Eric Lipton, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Whatever the vocabulary, this new breed of firm used subjective concepts to drive their business processes.
    Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
  • At its roots, the Ballon d’Or is a subjective award.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 12 Apr. 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
  • And when the owner of the second-largest private company in the United States speaks, there’s an oracle-like aura that demands parsing.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 2 May 2025
  • The court’s decision is expected to turn on whether charter schools, which are publicly funded but have private operators, are public schools under the law.
    Bart Jansen, USA Today, 1 May 2025

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