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Six example sentences with privatise, each labelled with its topic.
The government voted to privatise the rail network, selling every regional line to operators who now set their own fares.
Economics
Two parties campaigned on plans to privatise the water utility, and a third promised to keep it under council control.
Politics
After 1990 several states moved to privatise steelworks that had been run by ministries for more than forty years.
History
The finance ministry hired two banks to privatise the airline, pricing the shares low enough that small savers bought them.
Finance
When the state chose to privatise the telephone monopoly, three rival firms bid for the network within a month.
Business
The law requires a full parliamentary vote before ministers can privatise any port, and the clause has never been waived.
Law
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