Examples of privacy in a Sentence
She went upstairs for some privacy.
Celebrities have a right to privacy.
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Shared systems can also raise hard questions around privacy and safety, especially as more sensitive data crosses these networks.
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
And while the Walkman and Discman allowed for on-the-go privacy, even their most ardent defenders would admit that these devices were clunky compromises.
—Jonathan Garrett, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
All of those interconnections create security and privacy vulnerabilities.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
That’s largely because of tight rules around grand jury privacy.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
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Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 29 Oct. 2025
And while the Walkman and Discman allowed for on-the-go privacy, even their most ardent defenders would admit that these devices were clunky compromises.
—Jonathan Garrett, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2025
All of those interconnections create security and privacy vulnerabilities.
—Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 Oct. 2025
That’s largely because of tight rules around grand jury privacy.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Privacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/privacy. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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privacy
noun
pri·va·cy
ˈprī-və-sē 
plural privacies
1
a
: the quality or state of being out of the sight and hearing of other people : seclusion
the privacy of the home
b
: freedom from being intruded upon
one's right to privacy
2
: secrecy sense 2
talk in privacy
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