privatize
verb (used with object)
to transfer from public or government control or ownership to private enterprise.
are privatizing
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present progressiveof privatize.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“They are privatizing water,” she said, “and we are opposed to that.”
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2020
Just as SpaceX and Blue Origin are privatizing access to low-Earth orbit, so, too, are these balloon companies trying to commercialize the stratosphere.
From Science Magazine ● Jun. 22, 2017
