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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
While Brin hardly ever talks to the press and keeps his life private, all three conditions—Parkinson’s, bipolar and autism—have affected members of his family.
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Phoebe Liu, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2025
Acquired some fifteen years ago from a private seller, the unsigned portrait—painted in Paris in 1906—was recently authenticated and published in the Modigliani archive of Rome.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Our opinion survey as well as the other recent public and private polls all reach the same conclusion.
—Bradley Honan, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
By December, local leaders had raised at least $141 million for the project through a mix of federal, state, local and private funding and were working to secure a $65 million federal loan by March 2025.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
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Phoebe Liu, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2025
Acquired some fifteen years ago from a private seller, the unsigned portrait—painted in Paris in 1906—was recently authenticated and published in the Modigliani archive of Rome.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 6 Feb. 2025
Our opinion survey as well as the other recent public and private polls all reach the same conclusion.
—Bradley Honan, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2025
By December, local leaders had raised at least $141 million for the project through a mix of federal, state, local and private funding and were working to secure a $65 million federal loan by March 2025.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for private
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The survey is confidential, and no personal information will be collected or shared, county officials said.—
Mary Divine,
Twin Cities,
1 Feb. 2025
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Conversations between an attorney and their client are confidential, but phone lines in ICE facilities are not.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
30 Jan. 2025
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The hardline group does not allow girls to study beyond grade six, and so the project runs classes online, through the radio and even has a network of clandestine schools that educate over 5,000 girls across Afghanistan and employ over 100 teachers.—
Diaa Hadid,
NPR,
3 Feb. 2025
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Born in Poland in 1920, Karol Józef Wojtyła attended clandestine seminaries and frequented groups of intellectuals who met in secret to discuss ways of undermining Communism from within.—
Yvonnick Denoël,
airmail.news,
1 Feb. 2025
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In a reply via X/Twitter Spaces, Cardi asks fans to keep her out of Pardi and Megan’s personal business.—
Jessica Bennett,
VIBE.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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Anya Taylor-Joy turned the sidewalks of New York City into her own personal runway on Tuesday.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
5 Feb. 2025
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In the years immediately following, Yardley remained in Indiana, working on a series of other books and a commercial secret ink.—
Peter Zablocki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Feb. 2025
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From the personal details included in her Grammy night look to her secret chat with Chappell Roan, see all the best photos of Swift from the Feb. 2 ceremony.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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This time, Reacher must help rescue an undercover DEA informant while confronting his own haunted past, according to Prime Video.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
6 Feb. 2025
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Unaware that Kelso was an undercover brother, Torres is at the bar trying to talk Lenny into getting him in touch with Wilk.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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It was called a hypothesis on how to perfectly construct an underground civilization built for 25,000 people.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Feb. 2025
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Iran has unveiled a new underground missile facility along its southern coastline, marking its latest show of military strength.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
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Voting is purely subjective, as was the case with Ichiro.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The strategy is less effective for improving outputs such as poems or translations, in which ranking is subjective.—
Lauren Leffer,
Scientific American,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Jacksonville Jaguars hired Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive coordinator Liam Coen as the eighth head coach in franchise history Friday, capping a covert operation that included owner Shad Khan moving on from general manager Trent Baalke and Coen reversing course with the Bucs.—
Mark Long,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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This isn’t a sly spy carrying out a covert operation; this is a spy whose careful plans have been overtaken by events.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Private.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/private. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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