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The Pentagon said at the time that private companies should not be able to constrain military action.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Laws regarding subcontractors are applied differently to private and public projects.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
Public Works addresses waste left in the public right-of-way on county-maintained roads but can’t work on private property or off road except in conjunction with a code violation and enforcement action, the spokeswoman said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Medicare patients fared somewhat better but were still between 4% and 12% more likely to wait a month or more than individuals with private coverage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
No private property to interfere with its course to the sea.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Taking a step back and looking at initial public offerings and public equity markets versus privates, I think it’s fair to say that somewhere along the line, we’ve lost our way.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
What, Henry asks, “have kings, that privates have not too, save ceremony, save general ceremony?”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
They’re going to put aspartame in this possibly-causing-cancer category, along with, oh, putting talcum powder on your privates, or working in a dry cleaner.
From Slate ● Jun. 29, 2023
The army statement included photos of the four: a corporal, a lance-corporal and two privates.
From BBC ● Apr. 1, 2023
There was continual outcry against the troops by some — soldiers scuffling with boys, their heel-marks in the slush; girls surrounded by lanky privates.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing private
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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