private sector
noun
: the part of an economy which is not controlled or owned by the government
businesses in the private sector
private-sector businesses/gains
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More Win McNamee/Getty Images The private sector appears to be responding with new domestic production commitments.
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Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Saudi and Omani firms are looking to make significant investments with Iraqi companies to help support the country’s private sector.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Over the next year, the private sector can continue laying out this reality to Congress[SS1] .
—Mindy Lubber, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Executives and entrepreneurs have been for some time finding that other states offer better opportunities (but government managers in California have been hiring, which does more harm to the private sector more than good).
—Kerry Jackson, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
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Joel Thayer, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Sep. 2025
Saudi and Omani firms are looking to make significant investments with Iraqi companies to help support the country’s private sector.
—Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Over the next year, the private sector can continue laying out this reality to Congress[SS1] .
—Mindy Lubber, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Executives and entrepreneurs have been for some time finding that other states offer better opportunities (but government managers in California have been hiring, which does more harm to the private sector more than good).
—Kerry Jackson, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for private sector
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“Private sector.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/private%20sector. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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