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A PRIVATE, stand-alone institution located in the TriBeCa neighborhood of downtown Manhattan, New York Law School was founded in 1891 and counts Justice John Marshall Harlan among its most famous graduates.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2011
He followed a narrow, twisting corridor to a door marked PRIVATE, went in, hung up his big, loose overcoat, his black, broad-brimmed felt hat.
From Time Magazine Archive
Weston came to a door marked PRIVATE: DO NOT ENTER.
From Time Magazine Archive
I pause and start to imagine sitting in the clubhouse, giggling and sharing secrets with the girls, and hanging up a big sign that says PRIVATE: NO SNOOPING.
From "Zara’s Rules for Record-Breaking Fun" by Hena Khan
Grasses and real trees and real bushes still grew beyond the barbed-wire fence posted with a big sign: PRIVATE, NO TRESPASSING.
From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez
Vocabulary lists containing private
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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Workshop 2, Part 1
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