How to Use private sector in a Sentence

private sector

noun
  • Here, the private sector can help.
    — Deborah L. Birx, STAT, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The private sector will need to pick up the slack for arts funding.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Then there’s the private sector.
    — John Aguilar, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
  • And most things the private sector invests in don’t work out.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • Cheney then spent a year in the private sector.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Hanoi’s rulers are looking to the private sector to drive growth.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The stakes are real for the private sector.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
  • There was a push to get folks off the 'iron rice bowl' and into the private sector.
    — Nick Mordowanec mandy Taheri john Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 May 2025
  • So that's what happens in the private sector.
    — Obed Manuel, NPR, 8 Oct. 2025
  • China says, well, this is their private sector.
    — James Laporta, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • China says, well, this is their private sector.
    — CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • That’s on top of a slew of private sector firms also planning share sales.
    — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Most of the demand is driven by the private sector.
    — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • He's been trying to partner with the private sector to help fund the project.
    — ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Some of the momentum may come from the private sector.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The rest of the private sector should be fast followers.
    — Saxby Chambliss, Fortune, 22 June 2026
  • But a lot of the action is also coming from the private sector.
    — Diane Brady, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Plus, there was private sector pushback.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 25 Feb. 2026
  • These are precisely the kinds of programs the private sector tends not to do on its own.
    — David Leonhardt, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • All this will be done through private sector partnerships.
    — Trevor Clawson, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But the irony is that the private sector may need government guidance just as much.
    — Justin Worland, Time, 28 May 2026
  • The private sector can and should take an active role in this side of deterrence.
    — Jim Richberg, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And much of which is occurring to help bring these targets to life is in the private sector.
    — Time, 7 Nov. 2025
  • And they cannot be replaced by philanthropy or the private sector.
    — Nataliya Gumenyuk, The Dial, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Could the private sector help fund basic research?
    — Anil Oza, STAT, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The private sector has figured out that people like working from home.
    — U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2026
  • For the private sector, this would be unthinkable.
    — Jennifer Sirangelo, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • More private sector companies should do the same.
    — Curtis Reed, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The president’s own close ties with the private sector have caused some experts to sound the alarms.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
  • For almost four decades, Psoras has thrived in the private sector.
    — Clarke Ahlers, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026

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