privy

I am not now privy to the thinking of Yale administrators and trustees.

From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026

The bot is privy to every bathroom trip he takes, every morsel of food he consumes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

As a widow, you do qualify for benefits that unmarried individuals are not privy to, such as a step-up in payment amount if your deceased spouse’s benefit was higher than yours.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 2, 2026

I'm not privy to the conversations that have been had within the current set-up, but the naming of such a large squad suggests a certain amount of uncertainty.

From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026

Its outbuildings had caved in, and the privy stood at an angle.

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Three indoor privies were lighted by skylights and ingeniously ventilated by a 150-foot-long lateral tunnel that drew in air and discharged it through adjoining chimneys, providing a continuous draft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026

I never followed up to learn whether it was in time to restock the park privies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2023

In 2011, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation issued a “Reinvent the Toilet Challenge” asking the world’s brightest minds to redesign our privies to recover valuable resources from the waste.

From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2021

Some of the nobles who lived in the palace or its grounds would use the hallways to relieve themselves instead of the privies because the latter were so inadequate and far from their rooms.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

He ran up the stone stairs to the privies.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

An thou wilt have it so, be it in my house, for there it will be privier both for me and for thee.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Sir Richard Francis Burton