quasi-public

American  

[kwah-zahy-puhb-lik, kwah-see-, kway-zahy-] / ˈkwɑ zaɪˈpʌb lɪk, ˈkwɑ si-, ˈkweɪ zaɪ- /

adjective

1. to some extent or in some respects public, but not fully or properly so; partly public.

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Example Sentences

Nearly 60% of New York City’s population is covered by Medicaid or the state’s quasi-public ObamaCare option.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

Critics declared Colorado's new quasi-public option a failure this fall, before it was even available for purchase on the state's Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2022

White House aides said later they were taken aback less by the sentiment — they knew it was how Biden felt — as by his decision to voice it in a quasi-public setting.

From Washington Post • Oct. 19, 2022

Amtrak was cobbled together as a quasi-public corporation to save trains from extinction.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2021

There were many other engrossing claims of a public or quasi-public nature upon Franklin's attention in France.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell