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For families moving to private schools, 42% did.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
Drawn from the academy’s collection and 62 private lenders around the world, it brings together costumes, props, prosthetics, creatures and production art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
The collection was donated by private collector John Dulcamara and includes a piece of the command module from the 1969 Apollo 11 - the first manned mission to land on the moon.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The logic behind connecting fast food to private equity takeovers is straightforward.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
“So, how’d they end up paying for private lessons?”
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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
Zelensky said those Ukrainians released included 82 privates and sergeants and 21 officers from the armed forces, national guard, border guards, and police.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2024
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 privates would get their usual pay: seven dollars an hour.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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