privy
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I am not now privy to the thinking of Yale administrators and trustees.
From Slate ● Jul. 30, 2026
"I have this afternoon issued a letter signed by Jeffrey Donaldson to the Privy Council office tendering his resignation from the privy council with immediate effect," the statement continued.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
But Sasha is a child, and can only see what she’s privy to.
From Salon ● May 25, 2026
The rise of prediction markets has created a new temptation in Washington, where the Trump administration’s fast-moving agenda is giving those privy to government information a chance to cash in on the volatility.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026
Old Emma liked to keep her independence, so Lulu fixed up ropes leading from the house out to the shed, where she kept her loom, and another one from the shed out to the privy.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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
While some neighborhoods were wealthy and spacious, others were poor and cramped, their narrow alleys made narrower still by wells and shared privies.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 23, 2020
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
But their well-tended vegetable gardens, small frame houses, and privies were blackened with soot from coal-burning steel plants nearby.
From "Fannie Never Flinched" by Mary Cronk Farrell
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
Vocabulary lists containing privy
The Great Gatsby
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"The Great Gatsby," Chapter 1 Vocabulary
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
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