privately

Example Sentences

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The equity issuance includes $30 billion from public offerings and $10 billion sold privately to Berkshire Hathaway.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Superior algorithms are held privately, run with institutional capital and protected like trade secrets.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

It wasn’t until much later that she came back to the subject, privately and in earnest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2026

Initial findings show Tongzhou Group, the company operating the privately owned coal mine, had committed "serious illegal violations", authorities said, without specifying what they discovered.

From BBC • May 31, 2026

She wanted to have me privately tested, to prove that I was brilliant and that the school was not meeting my needs.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson