How to Use privatize in a Sentence

privatize

verb

• The city decided to privatize the municipal power company.
• Therefore, the public can rest assured that the MUA will not be privatized by the state.
  — Amy S. Rosenberg, Philly.com, 20 Dec. 2017
• But the British public is concerned that would lead to the breakup of the health service, with parts of it being privatized.
  — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 4 June 2019
• The government said there were no plans to privatize SNCF.
  — Judith Vonberg and Saskya Vandoorne, CNN, 3 Apr. 2018
• If the Dixon school privatized, Bear told May, donations could help save it.
  — Annie Waldman, Slate Magazine, 19 Sep. 2017
• The board would phase out privatized nurses with the goal of having no contract or agency nurses by the end of the contract.
  — Hannah Leone, chicagotribune.com, 31 Oct. 2019
• Yet rather than being privatized, the NHS survived the Thatcher years.
  — Mark Landler, BostonGlobe.com, 16 July 2023
• For years, the city owned the zoo until it was privatized in 2002 and became a non-profit entity.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2018
• Yet rather than being privatized, the N.H.S. survived the Thatcher years.
  — Mark Landler, New York Times, 16 July 2023
• Adding to the skepticism is the fact that President Trump has already gone on the record as wanting to privatize the postal service in 2018.
  — Casey Taylor, The New Republic, 6 Aug. 2020
• Socialize the risk, in other words, and privatize the reward.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2021
• The debate came as zoo and city officials were discussing plans to privatize.
  — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
• When privatized group homes and programs are shuttering and workers are forced to work 80 hours a week just to make ends meet, something has to change.
  — Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• In Puerto Rico, teachers held a one-day strike against the push to privatize the island’s public schools in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
  — Sarah Jaffe, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2018
• The budget reduction would have privatized food services in the Jail.
  — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland.com, 16 July 2019
• Gates and landscaping privatize the main house, which opens to bright living spaces with white walls and hardwood floors.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2020
• Its indoor-outdoor event venues are available for bookings with the option to privatize the hotel for up to 200 guests.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 8 Aug. 2023
• The welfare state in the U.S. has always been more privatized than in European countries.
  — Sarah Jaffe, New Republic, 31 Jan. 2018
• And labor and all the usual suspects, and privatizing public assets and on and on.
  — Recode Staff, Recode, 13 June 2018
• Just below, a small spa includes a wellness space, complete with a sauna and wading pool, that can be privatized for an hour.
  — Vogue, 8 July 2024
• Just below, a small spa includes a wellness space, complete with a sauna and wading pool, that can be privatized for an hour.
  — Vogue, 28 Sep. 2023
• Both business magnates have cemented Texas as a key state in their plans to privatize space.
  — Scott Duncan, Dallas News, 28 Sep. 2022
• The government would have to approve any plans to privatize the company, according to the bill.
  — Paul Burkhardt, Bloomberg.com, 1 Oct. 2020
• Trump had harsh words for the FAA's air-traffic control system last year during the debate over whether it should be privatized and spun off to a non-profit.
  — Ryan Beene and Alan Levin, Houston Chronicle, 2 Jan. 2018
• Come to think of it, read about what happened when Chicago privatized its parking meters.
  — Ed Wallace, star-telegram.com, 9 June 2017
• Adding the extra room allowed the duo to privatize the sleeping areas and keep the communal areas free-flowing.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 21 Dec. 2022
• Over the years there has been the debate on whether privatizing Social Security is a good idea.
  — Thomas Hager, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• Westchester County officials are putting the brakes on a plan to privatize the county airport.
  — Joseph De Avila, WSJ, 16 May 2018
• In the economy, your plan is to privatize most Venezuelan public assets, especially in terms of health, oil and education.
  — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 25 July 2024
• SpaceX is the implied template: Musk will advocate for privatizing the government, outsourcing the affairs of state to nimble entrepreneurs and adroit technologists.
  — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024