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of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
he kept personal items in a separate drawer
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Recent Examples of personal
Liz Weston, Certified Financial Planner®, is a personal finance columnist.
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Liz Weston, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
Plan something special in your personal life to make the most of this energy.
—Kyle Thomas, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
The rationale for the legislation is that Congress doesn’t want despots in North Korea or Russia or Iran or China to have reams of private and personal information on half of the country.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
During a recent trip to London and Paris, I was impressed by the vast number of people using either personal micromobility products or utilizing rental devices to commute, deliver goods, or just get around the big city at speeds much faster than walking, driving or taking mass transit.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Liz Weston, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
Plan something special in your personal life to make the most of this energy.
—Kyle Thomas, People.com, 12 Jan. 2025
The rationale for the legislation is that Congress doesn’t want despots in North Korea or Russia or Iran or China to have reams of private and personal information on half of the country.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 12 Jan. 2025
During a recent trip to London and Paris, I was impressed by the vast number of people using either personal micromobility products or utilizing rental devices to commute, deliver goods, or just get around the big city at speeds much faster than walking, driving or taking mass transit.
—William Roberson, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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Wang plans to continue following these populations in order to determine if the subjective assessments of memory issues lead to more dementia findings on standardized testing over time.Alice Park, TIME, 15 Jan. 2025
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Taste is subjective, and USA TODAY Books has plenty of genres to recommend.Jennifer McClellan, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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One daddy gone, another come—Hoover makes a fable about the private and cyclical dangers of a certain kind of New England family.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
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Despite warnings from local officials and the FAA to keep private drones away from Southern California air spaces currently being used for fire suppression, Luna said the sheriff's office has dealt with at least two drone incidents since the wildfires broke out, resulting in three arrests.Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2025
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GoFundMe GoFundMe has taken the step of creating a dedicated page that brings together all of the individual fundraising pages for victims, first responders, and others in need due to the Los Angeles-area fires.Sari Hitchins, Parents, 10 Jan. 2025
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The new facility, which will operate throughout the year, has a reception and waiting area, a separate space with individual booths where injecting can take place, a recovery area and an aftercare area where advice will be offered by charities and support organizations.Stephen Castle, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Personal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personal. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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