private citizen
Example Sentences
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The lab team also worried about violating longstanding safeguards limiting use of private citizen data.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Her claim, she said, “is about whether government can use official authority to stigmatize a private citizen without facts, without process, without fairness, accountability, investigation or even an interview — not even a phone call.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
He paid his own way to participate as a private citizen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Even before allegations are tested in court, the AI-generated visuals have propelled Hajdini from a private citizen to an internet spectacle.
From Barron's ● May 18, 2026
Francesco became Duke of Milan from his station as a private citizen through appropriate methods and a great deal of virtue; and what he acquired with a thousand hardships he maintained with little effort.
From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli
