private
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The spokesperson noted that the papers did contain "multiple" documents from the prime minister's private office, which he said was "the standard and established route for communicating prime ministerial decisions and handling communications".
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
The US state of New Jersey on Tuesday sued the private prison company that runs a migrant detention center where protesters have rallied for several days over allegedly poor conditions at the jail.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Last month the agency awarded several key contracts for its upcoming lunar missions to Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and other private companies.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
Now, the emergence of megacap private companies like SpaceX is challenging that framework.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
Elisha called this private upper floor “a sort of sanctuary; a retreat to which we are driven by mischief-making eyes and tongues. There, like wounded deer we escape the hunters.”
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
Vocabulary lists containing private
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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Workshop 2, Part 1
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