personal
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In most cases it is likely to be for a variety of reasons, some of them personal.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
They had goals to meet and, consciously or not, they did not adhere to professional and personal decorum in order to achieve those goals.
From MarketWatch • Jul. 2, 2026
But was it an egregious, personal error, akin to Totenberg stealing into Alito’s hotel room and absconding with an internal organ, as it has been widely treated?
From Slate • Jul. 2, 2026
“We really see the strain on personal spending in the U.S. It’s even more pronounced over these last few months,” Hamilton said in an interview.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026
But so far, the only thing he’d managed to invade was other people’s personal space in school.
From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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