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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

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

There must be a commission, a department of government which will provide organized supervision and inspection against which the quasi-public corporation can claim no privacy as inviolable.

From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by William Larrabee

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