private life
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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And whoever has access to that information has the extraordinary ability to pry into a person’s private life.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2026
When combined with current financial data, the model can infer a level of context about a person’s private life that many fail to realize, Bellini explained.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Punjabi music has always dominated the South Asian diaspora in the United States, on the television, humming from car stereos, mainly stayed inside those domestic spaces to private life that rarely entered into the mainstream.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
In government, business and private life, who hasn’t noticed how frequently choices are influenced by an incentive not to be aware of inconvenient truths?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
Somehow the inclination to write about my private life in public is related to the ability to do so.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
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