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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
The park holds a lot of meaning for him in his personal life, as well.
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Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Feb. 2025
There were plenty of personal anecdotes weaved in along the way.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
That said, if your personal style leans more feminine, this Anthropologie blouse is the way to go.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Warren and others have pointed out that Musk may well have a personal interest in defanging the C.F.P.B.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2025
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Emma Bowman, NPR, 17 Feb. 2025
There were plenty of personal anecdotes weaved in along the way.
—Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025
That said, if your personal style leans more feminine, this Anthropologie blouse is the way to go.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
Warren and others have pointed out that Musk may well have a personal interest in defanging the C.F.P.B.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2025
See all Example Sentences for personal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for personal
Adjective
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Gomez has been more vocal about the threat to journalism posed by the FCC’s aggressive stance on subjective questions of media bias.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
8 Feb. 2025
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Wooden boards are generally more expensive, though, so better is a little subjective.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The top official of the Social Security Administration quit over the weekend after Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency sought access to sensitive records containing the private information of Americans, according to a source familiar with the dispute.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
19 Feb. 2025
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In recent years, UC San Diego has invested considerable resources into bridging the gap between academia and private industry.—
Natallie Rocha,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Through fiscal year 2023, the IRS examined 0.44% of individual returns filed for tax years 2013 through 2021, according to the latest IRS Data Book.—
Kate Dore, CFP®, EA,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2025
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Lawyers for the Democratic attorneys general argued there was no effort to remove or redact private individual information and no evidence that DOGE staff were given proper training on how to handle such sensitive data.—
FATIMA HUSSEIN AND JOSH BOAK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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“Personal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personal. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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