privately

Example Sentences

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As a privately held business, Barnes & Noble doesn’t report its financial results.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Another cabinet minister told me in recent weeks Starmer has been "bluntly self critical" and has recognised privately that he has to step up.

From BBC • May 9, 2026

He’s also said the arch would be privately paid for.

From Slate • May 7, 2026

The MV Hondius cruise ship is operated by the privately held Dutch company Oceanwide Expeditions.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

By the fall of 2006 Greg Lippmann had made his case to maybe 250 big investors privately, and to hundreds more at Deutsche Bank sales conferences or on Deutsche Bank conference calls.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis