How to Use private sector in a Sentence

private sector

noun
  • And most things the private sector invests in don’t work out.
    Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2023
  • That has to be part of the progressive vision, and that has to involve the private sector.
    David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • Average hourly wages in private sector jobs are up 4.7% over the last 12 months.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 26 July 2023
  • Once the restrictions are proposed, the private sector will have time to comment on the limits, which could shape how they are put in place.
    Ana Swanson, New York Times, 13 July 2023
  • The city needs the private sector, for-profit and not-for-profit, and the city needs regular Angelenos.
    Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The problem there is the problem a lot of companies in the private sector are facing: a labor shortage.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Mar. 2023
  • So many of my former public radio colleagues, and those working in the private sector lost their jobs.
    Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Gains in the private sector were offset by losses in government jobs.
    John Magsam, arkansasonline.com, 27 Mar. 2024
  • When the public sector fails us, the private sector becomes one of our most important lines of defense.
    Alphonso David, Fortune, 24 July 2023
  • In government, as in the private sector, only the Agile will survive.
    Steve Denning, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2023
  • Voters were largely split along partisan lines over which group — the public or private sector — was more to blame.
    Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
  • There’s to be one nonvoting member each from the private sector and the faith community.
    John Hudson, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • Gomez holds over 30 years of public and private sector experience to her role.
    Breanna Bell, Variety, 25 Sep. 2023
  • The report shows annual pay was up 7.2% year-over-year in the private sector, with the biggest gains in leisure and hospitality making up 34% of the jobs.
    Clarisa Diaz, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2023
  • There’s so much ingenuity and innovation in the private sector that can be shared and scaled.
    Jennifer Lotito, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The industry continues to argue that the government should not compete with the private sector in that space.
    Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2024
  • The wins of union members have inspired people within the private sector to get aboard the movement as white-collar jobs become less stable.
    Chloe Berger, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Space One was aiming to be Japan's first private sector success at putting a satellite into orbit.
    Yuri Kageyama, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Three new employees were hired underneath Switzer—all from the private sector.
    WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Others said that the move was, if anything, overdue and that phasing out the White House’s role earlier would have let the government shift the cost of vaccines and treatments to the private sector.
    Dan Diamond and Tyler Pager, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The report is being done by a private sector engineer that works for the building owner, SBV Leasing.
    Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The private sector aid is a small portion of the overall global response, with the U.S. Congress allocating $113 billion in aid to Ukraine so far.
    Thalia Beaty, Fortune, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Or, at the very least, lawmakers haven’t earmarked billions in this emerging generative AI field to try to counter the private sector.
    Matt Laslo, WIRED, 13 Sep. 2023
  • An actual strike by the largest unionized workforce in the private sector would have been the most significant work stoppage since 1970.
    E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 27 July 2023
  • Thompson, Bass’ chief of staff since December, is returning to the private sector, Bass’ office said.
    Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Ordering limits are being levied in both public and private sector orders to manage the supply gap, the CDC said.
    Alexander Tin, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The guardrails have sent a clear signal to the private sector that Connecticut is serious about tackling its long-term debts and decreasing tax burdens.
    Bryce Chinault, National Review, 13 Feb. 2024
  • More use of that funding, alongside support from the private sector, could make buildings healthier.
    Saad B. Omer, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Each year, the Power Authority would assess the progress made by private industry on the goals set out by New York’s 2019 climate law and would launch its own projects when the private sector falls short.
    Grace Ashford, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023

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