for oneself
Example Sentences
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Kindness, including for oneself, helps clear the debris of the past.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 23, 2025
This finding suggested that giving to other people could provide more pleasure — per the brain’s reward system — than doing something that feels good for oneself.
From Salon • Mar. 16, 2025
"Our results provide evidence that a simple and easily implementable change in behavior -- setting specific goals for oneself -- can significantly improve our ability to maintain task focus over time," Robison said.
From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2023
Privacy allows one to think for oneself, but for two weeks Valeria daren’t write, because she is never alone.
From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023
Actually, getting and doing for oneself was his advice on everything.
From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers
