privately

Example Sentences

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Urge your parent to meet privately with the attorney before inviting the new spouse to attend.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 30, 2026

The acquisition of privately held Kartos adds navtemadlin, a drug candidate for myelofibrosis—a rare blood cancer—currently in late-stage clinical trials, to Ipsen’s late-stage oncology pipeline, Ipsen said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

According to a recent analysis by the National Foundation for American Policy, immigrants have founded or co-founded 59% of the 775 privately held startups in the U.S. valued at $1 billion or more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Bubbling beneath all of this, firstly expressed privately and eventually publicly, was the growing discontent among Labour MPs about their leader.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

She was a teen, Mia told herself over and over; she was trying on new skins, like all teenagers did, but privately she stayed wary of the changes she saw.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng