nonpublic
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7.2
- adjective
- /nɒnˈpʌblɪk/
- The plan would pay up to twenty-five hundred dollars per student for them to attend a nonpublic school.
- nonpublic school
- nonpublic information
- nonpublic payers
Examples
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Many programs at multiple levels now allow students to use publicly funded scholarships, grants, or tax credits for education at public, nonpublic non-religious, and nonpublic religious schools, of which the latter two categories include independent schools.
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China has also attracted hundreds of billions of dollars of foreign investment and more than a trillion dollars of domestic nonpublic investment.
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However, the Opportunity Scholarship Program contains several limitations for families and receiving nonpublic schools.
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Student achievement has justified the shift in educational dollars to nonpublic schools.
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Admission to a nonpublic school has to be determined randomly.
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The original fears of intrusion by the state have been somewhat put to rest through a constant information campaign about nonpublic schools to the legislature and a strong lobbying effort.
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The company keeps its nonpublic financial records private to protect sensitive information.
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Investors must avoid using nonpublic data when making trading decisions to stay within legal boundaries.
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She preferred to share her nonpublic thoughts only with her closest friends.
Synonyms
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6.7
Many people do not know someone or something
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6.4
Not told to most people or announced widely
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4.4
Not well known to many people
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7.9
Private and not widely known
Antonyms
How Public
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word nonpublic breaks into non- meaning 'not' and public meaning 'open to everyone'. So nonpublic is like 'not open to everyone' and describes roles or information that are private or not widely known.