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The company behind the private development is Nevada-based real estate developer and investment firm Kingsbarn Realty Capital.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Just some of the blistering language used by Uefa's lawyers in legal papers lodged in the United States over Fifa president Gianni Infantino's now-shelved plan to sell off stakes in competitions to private investors.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
The private sector likely had 178,000 fewer jobs in March than official data shows, with the slide concentrated in retail and wholesale trade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
During that time, people can switch from traditional Medicare to a private Medicare Advantage plan, change from one Medicare Advantage plan to another, and join or change a Medicare Part D prescription-drug plan.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 28, 2026
But he liked to try to make himself invisible, which was a way of being very private, and that was why he was slithering invisibly into Anastasia's room.
From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry
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
Zelensky said those Ukrainians released included 82 privates and sergeants and 21 officers from the armed forces, national guard, border guards, and police.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024
Andriy Yermak, the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office, said the released servicemen included two officers, sergeants and privates who fought in different parts of the front.
From Reuters ● Aug. 7, 2023
The first two boats were filled with privates.
From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes
Vocabulary lists containing private
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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