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private sector

NOUN
for-profit businesses
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“If they can’t get sufficient investment from the private sector to maximize AI development and deployment, then they will consider taking stakes in some subset of it,” Haines told MarketWatch.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

In 2023, the U.S. parent companies of U.S.-based multinational companies paid their 29.9 million workers in America an average total compensation of $97,078—about 20% above the average in the rest of the private sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 31, 2026

The Election Security Group does this through detailed information-sharing across agencies and with local officials and the private sector.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

Ruslan says there are other advantages to getting the private sector involved – "we can scale much faster than the public sector".

From BBC • May 21, 2026

He’d carried the load admirably, inspiring people like Barack and Valerie to move out of the private sector and into community work and public service.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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