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private sector

NOUN
for-profit businesses
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The Election Security Group does this through detailed information-sharing across agencies and with local officials and the private sector.

From Salon • May 21, 2026

Carmine Sky is one of the private companies now offering air defences for other private sector clients.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Both the Welsh and Scottish governments are exploring ways of reducing private sector dominance of children's social care.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

The project brought together government researchers, universities and the private sector.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen 449 points, to its lowest level in four years, and most of the market-moving news was coming not from the private sector but from government officials.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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