as in exclusive
belonging to only one person, unit, or group and not used by or available to others
The restaurant's proprietary recipe for barbecue sauce is only known to the head chef.
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While there is no one lender suitable for every borrower, Guild, Rocket Mortgage, New American Funding, Chase Bank and United Wholesale Mortgage all have proprietary loans aimed at low-income homebuyers.
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Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
The suit is also incredibly breathable because of a proprietary weaving technique which helps the rider experience less perspiration and fluid loss as a result.
—New Atlas, 27 Feb. 2025
The process of buying a home with a proprietary reverse mortgage, often called a jumbo reverse mortgage, is similar to the HECM for Purchase program.
—Gabriel O Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
Teams often treat their data as proprietary assets, creating fragmentation and stifling collaboration across departments.
—Aj Bubb, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Kelsey Neubauer, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
The suit is also incredibly breathable because of a proprietary weaving technique which helps the rider experience less perspiration and fluid loss as a result.
—New Atlas, 27 Feb. 2025
The process of buying a home with a proprietary reverse mortgage, often called a jumbo reverse mortgage, is similar to the HECM for Purchase program.
—Gabriel O Rodriguez, Sacramento Bee, 26 Feb. 2025
Teams often treat their data as proprietary assets, creating fragmentation and stifling collaboration across departments.
—Aj Bubb, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for proprietary
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“Proprietary.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proprietary. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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