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private

adjective as in hidden, isolated

noun as in lowest rank of person enlisted in armed service

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Government and private actors could improve their vaccine rollouts to get more shots in arms faster.

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The private club that’s reportedly flying wealthy Brits to Dubai for their jabs.

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I grew up feeling very private and embarrassed about human sexuality and bodies, and I don’t want my children to feel like that.

This is perhaps one case where the much-criticized use of private prisons has an advantage over those run by government.

Soon, the group was back under fire again, though, for posting the private conversations between Horn and Becker.

ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?

The family was taking some private moments for a closing of the coffin in keeping with Chinese ritual.

But while his public profile receded, his private life blossomed.

My nickname was Captain, though I was a private, first class.

The role of private investigators has stirred controversy in the investigation.

Dean Swift was indeed a misanthrope by theory, however he may have made exception to private life.

But if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate like a private person.

The private chapel, built out from the house on the side next Calne, had not been used for years and years.

Proof was given to him, of Elizabeth having admitted Ripperda to private political discussions in the Altheim apartments.

The two enjoyed a mutual understanding from which he was excluded, a private intimacy that was spiritual, mental,— physical.

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On this page you'll find 111 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to private, such as: confidential, exclusive, independent, individual, secret, and separate.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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