private
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Investors remain anxious about the private credit category, which includes loans made to corporations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
Blackstone and Cliffwater have seen redemption requests of about 10% and 16%, respectively, at their private credit funds.
From Barron's ● Sep. 3, 2026
The proposed rule also affects private K-12 schools.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
The new private investment will help with renewable energy and create "new industries that are likely to employ future generations", Mookhey says.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
They always parked the Shack & Shop on private property — high ground — at least forty miles from where his father thought he and Tomás would be working.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
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
Aircraft engineers can get £30,000 if they sign up for a further three years, with privates and lance corporals eligible for £8,000 for four years.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2025
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
The privates would get their usual pay: seven dollars an hour.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Vocabulary lists containing private
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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