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“Greater clarity and stability make long-term investment more feasible, lower the perceived risk of committing capital, and should help unlock the private investment Greenland needs to develop its resources, infrastructure and economy.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
In 2021, the UK's first LGBTQ+ retirement home, Tonic, opened in London with 19 apartments for private rental or shared ownership.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The couple exchanged vows on Friday, May 22, on a private island in the Bahamas.
From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026
FFRDCs are government-funded, privately operated research centers that include private, non-profit think tanks and major research universities.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
With all the noise in the park, nobody could eavesdrop even if they wanted to, but this is a conversation that’s meant to be private.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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
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
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
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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