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the way you behave, talk, etc., with other people that causes them to see you as a particular kind of person
His public persona is that of a strong, determined leader, but in private life he's very insecure. The band takes on a whole new persona when they perform live.
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Recent Examples of persona
His career included directing 30 music videos and amassing a large TikTok following, recognized for his unique fashion and stage persona.
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
The Dead by Daylight video game, which has featured crossovers with several horror franchises, allows one player to take on the persona of a Killer and the other four to play as Survivors.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 June 2026
Sam undergoes quite the transformation to make this rock star vampire persona believable.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Olise has purposefully cultivated a kind of detached non-persona.
—New York Times, 10 June 2026
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Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
The Dead by Daylight video game, which has featured crossovers with several horror franchises, allows one player to take on the persona of a Killer and the other four to play as Survivors.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 June 2026
Sam undergoes quite the transformation to make this rock star vampire persona believable.
—Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
Olise has purposefully cultivated a kind of detached non-persona.
—New York Times, 10 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for persona
Noun
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The last image was another of the couple together, with Derek once again holding Rumer’s belly.—
Laura Millar,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
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The images showed how quarks carrying different fractions of the pion’s momentum are distributed across the particle.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
Noun
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His portrayal of Ken in Barbie earned nominations from the Academy Awards, BAFTA Awards, SAG Awards, Golden Globe Awards, and Critics Choice Awards.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
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The Pitt, then, is a fitting gig, with its gritty portrayal of a hustling ER full of vulnerable patients and clinicians collectively muscling through.—
Abbey White,
HollywoodReporter,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Tarps continue to cover portions of the facade where the name had been displayed.—
Rena Rowe,
The Washington Examiner,
17 June 2026
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Sign on facade at shoe company Allbirds, Walnut Creek, California, August 25, 2025.—
Samantha Subin,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
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San Francisco went from 6-10 in 2010 to 13-3 and made the first of three straight appearances in the NFC championship game, a Super Bowl appearance after the 2012 season.—
Michael McGough,
Sacbee.com,
14 June 2026
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The Sooners clinched their CWS appearance by defeating the Kansas Jayhawks twice in the Lawrence Super Regional.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
13 June 2026
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“Persona.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/persona. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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