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private

[prahy-vit] / ˈpraɪ vɪt /


NOUN
lowest rank of person enlisted in armed service
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Some people reported waits of up to two hours, while hundreds of ticket holders were reportedly turned away due to backlogs when the museum closed early last week due to a private event.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Editors from London to Hollywood, elated that blood-sucking predators are attacking A-listers on their private beaches, have posted lurid headlines about “Vegan Vampire” ticks and “Billionaires Under Siege.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

We used our names and news organization email addresses, following each state’s rules for starting private or microschools, a type of private school intended for just a few students.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2026

"If you had enough money and could buy your way into a leper hospital, it's a bit like getting a place in a private care home or something like that."

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026

Elisha called this private upper floor “a sort of sanctuary; a retreat to which we are driven by mischief-making eyes and tongues. There, like wounded deer we escape the hunters.”

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

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

Andriy Yermak, the head of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's office, said the released servicemen included two officers, sergeants and privates who fought in different parts of the front.

From Reuters ● Aug. 7, 2023

The first two boats were filled with privates.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes




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