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private
adjective as in personal, intimate
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confidential, exclusive, independent, individual, secret, separate, special
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behind the scenes, clandestine, close to one's chest, discreet, hush-hush, hushed, nonpublic, not open, off the record, own, reserved, under one's hat, unofficial
noun as in lowest rank of person enlisted in armed service
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For example, one of the agencies the Commerce Department oversees, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, develops cybersecurity frameworks for government agencies and private companies to follow.
He said "private houses" were damaged in the overnight Russian missile and drone attack.
But in a private speech in Washington for JPMorgan Chase, Scott Bessent also cautioned that talks between the U.S. and China had yet to formally start.
Conversations about selling Rangers have been happening in private since the second half of 2023.
A private prison in West Lothian is the first to face prosecution over the death of a prisoner, 12 days after he contracted Covid.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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