private property
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The dispute highlights growing tension between commercial enterprises and content creators looking to record on private property.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
In some areas, the hose crosses tracks and passes through private property.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2026
Set on roughly 13 acres, the private property offers a peaceful setting surrounded by nature while remaining within easy reach of Manhattan.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
"The government of Kenya cannot own my health data -- that's my private property. The government cannot purport to trade in my private property," he added.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
J. G. Crowther has neatly summed up the real root of the problem, which Oldenburg fanned into flame: ‘Hooke could not understand what tact had to do with science...Newton regarded discoveries as private property’.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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