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Two years later, Silver Lake took the company private again.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
Despite this, orangutans continue to be trafficked for sale as exotic pets and to private collectors.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Pacific Fusion, backed by around $1 billion from venture capitalists, is the first private nuclear-fusion company to have a memorandum of understanding with the NNSA.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
The 77-year-old singer-songwriter says the family has been subjected to “pressure” and “insensitivity” from strangers following the death of Dolly, who died on Aug. 25 after a private battle with cancer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The team’s in a private room Coach reserved, sitting around a long table dotted with bowls of garlic bread, salad, and a half dozen different pizzas.
From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam
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
Two NCOs and three privates and no Volkheimer.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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"Principles of Business," Vocabulary from Chapter 6
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