private
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Even if you have private insurance, you should be able to opt to pay cash and get an estimate.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
For example, how would we value privately held assets, such as private businesses?
From MarketWatch • Apr. 18, 2026
Police and FBI agents showed up to supplement the private guards, even though Harsimran Singh never filed a formal complaint with them.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Potentially excessive investment in certain areas—data centers and private credit are the two main suspects—has accumulated.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
I gesture for Theo to wait in the guest parlor to the right, while I continue to my mother’s private study, the place where she would plan the week’s menus and write her correspondence.
From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse
Vocabulary lists containing private
"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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Workshop 2, Part 1
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