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ego

[ee-goh, eg-oh] / ˈi goʊ, ˈɛg oʊ /
NOUN
personality
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Confidence can grow with wealth, and perhaps that’s a time when your ego needs a second opinion.

From MarketWatch Jul. 25, 2026

I’ve always understood Max Cady to be a poisonous extension of the male ego, dating back to “The Executioners,” John D. MacDonald’s 1957 book that started it all.

From Salon Jul. 17, 2026

Is the dog a fellow flâneur in the Weimar city, a mirror of its owner, or perhaps his alter ego?

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

“It’s always been about the craft first for me. I started doing this very young, so I’ve seen how ego can kill someone inside out, even the most talented people.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

“Only that you didn’t want him to give you the solution. It would puncture your ego to have a machine do what you couldn’t. Did you ask him?” she shot at Bogert.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov

The Lorne that emerges is one with many superpowers: Discovering talent, yes, but also surviving the years and the weeks when it doesn’t launch — managing creative egos.

From Salon Jul. 5, 2026

CEOs should tap in to collective wisdom, not their egos: An AI trained on one person’s thinking doesn’t scale leadership; it scales one person’s blind spots.

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

Asked to sum up their concerns, one told us: "It just felt like the community was pushed to the side and it shifted into a commercial venture to inflate the egos of those in charge."

From BBC Apr. 24, 2026

Choreographer Annie-B Parson’s dancers eloquently, if ordinarily, escort Tristan and Isolde to the other side, leaving their egos behind.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 3, 2026

Conferences dragged, producers got inspirations that had to carefully get shot down, directors needed their egos soothed.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman




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