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persona

[per-soh-nuh] / pərˈsoʊ nə /


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Root joked on Tuesday his "natural persona" may be suited to bringing a sense of calm to one of English cricket's most chaotic summers.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

The AI persona badge will soon appear on an artist’s profile, in the search feature and in playlists.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

"Listeners have been clear in telling us that they don't like seeing an artist profile that seems human, only to find out that the persona is AI-generated," Spotify said in a statement.

From Barron's Aug. 11, 2026

Those who know Jaissle best even liken the difference between his on and off the field persona to Jekyll and Hyde.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

Part of this command superstructure that had accumulated over an entire career was not completely fleshed out but still had impact on the colonel’s persona as a commander.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

“Like a Cat Loves a Bird” separates Spark’s character into 13 personae, each one highlighting an element of her writing that seems to color that part of her personality.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 17, 2026

In this unfiltered, unvarnished portrait of the artist, Sheff succeeds magnificently in bringing one of popular music’s most divisive and misunderstood personae to life.

From Salon Mar. 28, 2025

The fantasy that every bad man would get his due, with the violent ones in jail and the manipulative ones made personae non grata, has not played out.

From Slate May 29, 2024

Last month, Russia and Germany each declared 40 employees of their respective embassies personae non grata and expelled them.

From BBC May 27, 2023

In the case of marrying, the dramatis personae include the person being married and the person doing the marrying.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Their conversation explores characters who hide their true nature behind carefully constructed personas, the role of technology in enabling obsession and revenge, and the social rituals that define contemporary London.

From Slate Aug. 15, 2026

But, she said, she’s more interested in how the company will be identifying AI personas.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2026

It created fake personas and emailed the software developers repeatedly, urging them to accept the new code.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

The song refers to the pressures of fame, and the video shows Grande as a starlet who tries out for a group of talent scouts, dressing as a variety of different pop star personas.

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

For those few months in sixth grade, Kim and I shed our good-girl personas.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman




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