personal
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There are emotional costs to these sales as well, because unlike other forms of wealth, people have sentimental attachments to their homes and may view downsizing or renting as a personal defeat.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
It’s a tender, naked and amusing personal essay, grounded in the now while looking both backward and forward.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Interest in extreme-adventure tourism is driven by cultural shifts that prioritize experiences and personal accomplishments over material goods.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
At Arlington National Cemetery, he visited the final resting place of many service personal killed in Iraq and Afghanistan wars where he himself served on two operational tours.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
The end of her speech was the hardest part, because it was the most personal.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
As a result, sites like Craigslist removed their entire online personals sections.
From The Verge ● Oct. 17, 2019
John had recently moved to the city and was getting to know his new home: mainly, he says, by answering personals ads in the newspaper.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2019
“There were pages and pages of personals, mine was the only one to say wedding planner. I got lovely young couples who were having trouble planning their weddings.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2019
His backup, Jason Smith, followed the trend and sat the majority of the second half with four personals.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2018
The more junior typesetters leaded and shimmed the classifieds and personals and all the other advertisements that filled the inside pages.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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