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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

Green banks can be public, quasi-public or nonprofit institutions.

From Seattle Times Jan. 9, 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

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