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private

[prahy-vit] / ˈpraɪ vɪt /


NOUN
lowest rank of person enlisted in armed service
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Near Syracuse, Micron just broke ground on a $100 billion fab complex that represents the state of New York’s largest-ever private investment.

From The Wall Street Journal

The private investments involving UnitedHealth’s chief create the potential for conflicts of interest, ethics specialists said.

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For example, Norwegian’s peers have had success bringing in new customers to cruises through their private islands.

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Stern wrote to Epstein in July 2010 about an idea to open a private wealth manager in London that would attract rich Chinese customers.

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He never rose beyond private first class during a 1950s stint in the military, but he projected so much machismo that he seemed born to wear an officer’s uniform.

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