proprietary
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On Aug. 14, the Wall St Journal published a report detailing how proprietary trading giant Jane Street lost $15 billion that month as it had become a significant investor in Situational Awareness LP.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
Potential stock catalysts include the release of new large language models and proprietary chips, in his view.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
The telecom company is staking its future on open models, both to control token cost and protect its proprietary data.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
OpenAI and Anthropic don’t allow their proprietary AI software to be downloaded and used.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The thought of ceding to the army a project in which the foundation had such an immense stake stirred Fosdick’s proprietary blood.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Though Evergreen bought Intermountain Aviation, one of Doole's CIA "proprietaries," in 1975, the company insists that it has had nothing further to do with the agency.
From Time Magazine Archive
With the spread of the influenza epidemic pernicious drug vendors cried new merits for their proprietaries.
From Time Magazine Archive
The disputes between the proprietaries and the Assembly, which for a time had subsided, were again revived.
From Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Benjamin Franklin
The disputes between the proprietaries and the people of the province continued in full force, although a war was raging on the frontiers.
From Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Benjamin Franklin
The bill expressed that all estates, real and personal, were to be taxed, those of the proprietaries not excepted.
From Franklin's Autobiography (Eclectic English Classics) by Benjamin Franklin
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Chapter 1, Sections 1–3
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