in private

Example Sentences

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The hearings about the children in the UK have been held in private but the BBC attended many of the hearings.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Something else to know about big IPOs—SpaceX and Claude developer Anthropic and OpenAI owner ChatGPT, which are in the pipeline—is that they raised more money in private rounds of financing at increasingly stretched valuations.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

By contrast, the Greens registered just £209,000 in private donations, with the Liberal Democrats declaring £2.2m.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Its shares are down by more than a third this year as investors have grown concerned that the firm could experience a drop in management fees over its exposure to pain in private markets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

If Briony gave it to her, she would have time to read it and reflect in private.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan