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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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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

It also gets about 15% of its supply from Salt and Verde River surface supplies, delivered by the quasi-public utility the Salt River Project.

From Seattle Times Sep. 13, 2022

The necessity becomes more urgent every day, as scientific and economic developments raise first one affair and then another to the level of public or quasi-public functions.

From Mankind in the Making by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells

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