personage
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He continues to use it because he finds that “a fictional personage does exert a slightly disinhibiting effect” on his writing—“always in the service of truth, of course.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
Musk is a unique personage in the CEO ranks, as the Yale researchers observe — “the world’s wealthiest person and CEO of the most valuable automaker by market capitalization.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2025
The omnipresent Emcee, a queer Jack Be Nimble, can’t be dragged to the camps because he is a thematic stage presence, more a spirit than a depicted personage with a before/during/after narrative governed by reality.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025
Security Council’s five permanent members, only the United States, in the personage of President Joe Biden, spoke.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2023
He appeared a taciturn, and perhaps a proud personage; but he was very kind to me.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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Excerpt from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
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