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[self] / sɛlf /


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I feel his jab and his know-how, and the new-found self belief, will be the difference.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“We provided California an opportunity to self correct its records,” Attorney General Todd Blanche said after the lawsuit was filed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

I’m obsessed with them all, both as a model for my future self and also the person I’d like to be right now—effortless, serene, perfect.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

I urge you not to judge your former self.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The beast shook as he transformed himself back and forth between his goatherd self and the grotesque form of the fiendish chupacabras.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

To paraphrase stylist Bailey Rose Quiñones, they’re ready to shed old selves.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

As the authors firmly declare, food “is entwined with every aspect of life, integral to the biology of who we are and a vital constituent of our social selves: our identity, our culture.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

The original production had two younger actors looking forward to their older selves, but Cumming suggested to director Andrew Panton of Dundee Rep that he cast older actors who could play younger versions of themselves.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Our criminal records will always be searchable, so formerly incarcerated people have to be extremely careful of how we’re presenting our digital selves.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

“Our future selves wanted to make sure that we’d end up here,” I said, looking around the dark campus.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin


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