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privacy

[prahy-vuh-see, priv-uh-see] / ˈpraɪ və si, ˈprɪv ə si /


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Executives mentioned privacy at least a dozen times in Monday’s earnings call, primarily while discussing Siri AI, its new AI-driven personal agent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

He attributed this to Axon’s “controls and privacy work.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

The property combines a sizable floor plan with the privacy of a seven-residence building, offering a different living experience from the larger luxury condominium towers found in major metropolitan areas.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

She remained his PA for 20 years, and her brother told BBC News she avoided the limelight and guarded the pop star's privacy, despite the attention of tabloid journalists hoping for stories.

From BBC ● Oct. 29, 2026

As she made her exit from Lady Constance’s chamber, in the privacy of her own thoughts she added, “Yet to think I might actually stop would be foolishly optimistic on my lady’s part!”

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood

“With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans ‘the privacies of life.’”

From New York Times ● Apr. 11, 2017

We may someday get to find out whether such privacies can be kept off the Internet as well.

From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2016

Writing for the court, Chief Justice John Roberts stated about mobile phones: “With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans ‘the privacies of life.’

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 14, 2015

“With all they contain and all they may reveal, they hold for many Americans the privacies of life.”

From Washington Times ● Sep. 3, 2014

He was the repository of discreet confidences, the inarticulate witness of august privacies.

From Captain Macedoine's Daughter by William McFee


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