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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quasi-public

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

The organizing committee members, as quasi-public officials, are forbidden from accepting money or goods from those seeking favors.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2023

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

I had supposed that it was a quasi-public library, open to general visitors.

From Bradford's History of 'Plimoth Plantation' From the Original Manuscript. With a Report of the Proceedings Incident to the Return of the Manuscript to Massachusetts by Bradford, William