private

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Their health should be at the forefront as the public and private sectors plan future water changes, extraction projects and other development near the Salton Sea.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

At a private event at the White House earlier this week - which was caught on camera - Trump said that military spending should be a national priority going forward.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Public markets have recently soured on artificial-intelligence investments, but if private financing markets mean anything, the AI boom is showing no signs of slowing down.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

By contrast, the Blue Owl private funds change hands at their net asset values.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

Or, if they were Pelicarnassus, they rode in limousines with a private driver employed by their mother.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness