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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
But the president, who for years has hammered Hillary Clinton for jeopardizing security by using a private email server, had harsh words about Goldberg.
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Susan Page, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
NewsGuard has been a target of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, even though the federal agency does not have regulatory jurisdiction over the private rating service.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 26 Mar. 2025
The content creator has since made her Instagram private and appears to have deactivated her TikTok (samstrays_somewhere) account.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
Moreover, private innovative businesses cannot thrive or even survive for long without basic research at universities.
—Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for private
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In the subsequent months, her attorneys worked out an arrangement for Schrader to pay a confidential sum to resolve her allegations.—
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In confidential interviews, students voiced deep frustration that their academic experience is being eclipsed by ideological imperatives, with many lamenting the intrusion of political conformity into spaces meant for intellectual and professional growth.—
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Director Jeremy Workman and editor Paul Murphy knew there was more nuance to the story than a clandestine performance piece, though.—
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TdA is undertaking hostile actions and conducting irregular warfare against the territory of the United States both directly and at the direction, clandestine or otherwise, of the Maduro regime in Venezuela.—
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As a business owner, fostering an environment that promotes positivity, whether through workplace culture, networking, or personal mindset, can directly impact financial decision-making and success.—
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Randall Park has faced some of his greatest personal challenges in the past few months.—
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The circumstances surrounding Xander’s abrupt exit from his last hospital are kept secret throughout the entire first season of Pulse.—
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Eighty years ago, elite paratroopers were leaping out of similar aircraft on a secret mission called Operation Firefly.—
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In a hearing Tuesday, Mr. Ratcliffe said the officer was not undercover.—
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Attorneys for the Department of Justice are contesting Taal’s alleged timeline of the facts, after his lawyers said undercover immigration officers showed up at his residence last week in retaliation for filing the lawsuit.—
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This week, Alphonse grapples with the yearning for the 2000s in UK underground rap videos.—
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In that time, Tucci appeared in a number of films as either a foot soldier, don, or other apparatchik of an underground criminal organization, including Quick Change, Men of Respect, Billy Bathgate, and The Public Eye.—
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For example, when the count is 2-1 and the batter doesn't swing at a borderline pitch, his fate will be dramatically shifted by the home plate umpire's subjective call.—
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Participants acknowledge that judging of this kind is by its nature subjective.—
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Then Gungnir covert sniper rifle seems like a bargain, relatively speaking, at just $12,867.—
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In the letter, Grassley wrote that the records would help shine a light on the Nazi planning of the covert escape routes.—
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“Private.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/private. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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