privately
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Officials in recent weeks privately acknowledged that the idea of tying disparate threads together in one big conspiracy isn’t practical, and have begun pursuing what they say are narrower but related criminal cases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
A plane was expected to leave Benghazi on Thursday, first stopping in Vienna to transfer Gretzmacher to Austrian authorities before continuing to Switzerland with Abbt, privately owned Air Info Agadez news outlet reported.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
The stage for the possible marriage was set this year when SpaceX acquired Musk’s privately held xAI company in a $1.25-trillion deal that brought the AI company’s assets to the rocket maker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
The flaws had been reported privately to PHP's developers and kept confidential while a fix was prepared.
From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026
She wanted to have me privately tested, to prove that I was brilliant and that the school was not meeting my needs.
From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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