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’s unrestrained, all-access scourge through the government has led pundits like Nate Silver to compare him to a ‘great man’ of history — that mythic personage whose unhindered agency pushes history forward.
From Salon • Mar. 28, 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
The pop-culture personage turned politician is not so novel a figure as it used to be.
From New York Times • Jul. 27, 2023
Then Zeus sent another messenger to her, a great personage, none other than his revered mother Rhea, the oldest of the gods.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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Excerpt from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
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