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proprietary

noun as in patent medicine

noun as in possession

noun as in proprietor

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News uses a proprietary formula that incorporates a host of metrics to sort all manner of higher education institutions and programs.

This realizes what Joan Didion describes in her 2000 New Yorker essay about the “unusual bonding” and “proprietary intimacy” Stewart creates with us — her people, her consumers, her devourers.

From Salon

Any “proprietary information” uncovered during these investigations would not be subject to the Freedom of Information Act.

From Salon

Insurers use proprietary systems to calculate these costs, so you may also want to check with two or three other companies.

Results are then analyzed by Wave’s proprietary software.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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