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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
Of those, the median payment for personal security doubled over the last three years to just under $100,000.
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Devna Bose and John Seewer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
To foster a mindset that allows for exploration and personal growth, by not limiting one’s imagination and inquiry to a particular worldview or framework.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Dec. 2024
But the sweetening of the story and the effacing of its details suggest unease and ambivalence about its personal aspects.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Since filing for divorce, Christina has accused her estranged husband of transferring $35,000 of her money into his personal bank account July 8 after their divorce filing, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Devna Bose and John Seewer, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
To foster a mindset that allows for exploration and personal growth, by not limiting one’s imagination and inquiry to a particular worldview or framework.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 13 Dec. 2024
But the sweetening of the story and the effacing of its details suggest unease and ambivalence about its personal aspects.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Since filing for divorce, Christina has accused her estranged husband of transferring $35,000 of her money into his personal bank account July 8 after their divorce filing, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
—Ashley Hume, Fox News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for personal
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Taste is subjective, and USA TODAY Books has plenty of genres to recommend.Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2024
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Some of the film’s scenes are subjective, in the way that the POV sequences are, but artfully detached.K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
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African American freshmen enrollment has notably decreased by 16.9% at highly selective public and private nonprofit four-year schools.Janae Bowens, Baltimore Sun, 14 Dec. 2024
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The Humphreys family sold a 25% stake in the business to the Carlyle Group, a $447 billion (assets under management) private equity firm, for an undisclosed sum in 2019.Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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So, what does all that mean for the individual investor?Zev Fima, CNBC, 11 Dec. 2024
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And the three of us [Whoopi, Robin and myself] would deliver the checks to these individual shelters all across the country.Gillian Telling, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
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“Personal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personal. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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