nonpublic

adjective

non·​pub·​lic ˌnän-ˈpə-blik How to pronounce nonpublic (audio)
: not public
nonpublic areas
nonpublic information
grants for nonpublic schools

Examples of nonpublic in a Sentence

school records are regarded as nonpublic information
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But those who serve wealthy clients make up only a small fraction of nonpublic firefighters, according to Torgerson. Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 RealPage’s popular software was collecting nonpublic pricing information from multiple property managers and feeding it through a common algorithm, which then recommended an optimal rent level to those who used it — in violation of rules that prohibit such coordination, federal prosecutors alleged. Heather Vogell, ProPublica, 9 Jan. 2025 The sales helped spark a scandal, however, when Covid-19 tanked the stock market, leading to suggestions that Loeffler traded on nonpublic information gleaned from her position in the Senate. Dan Alexander, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 Their entire job is to dig up and collect nonpublic data. Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for nonpublic 

Word History

First Known Use

1865, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of nonpublic was in 1865

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“Nonpublic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonpublic. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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