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personal

[pur-suh-nl] / ˈpɜr sə nl /


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“Our hypothesis is that it's ‘personal’ in some ways,” he says.

From Scientific American • Aug. 22, 2022

Later this month people will be able to use a tool on the ONS website to calculate a ‘personal’ inflation rate that more closely matches their spending patterns.

From Reuters • Mar. 14, 2022

Moralizing has often been used as a way to exclude, to scold and to discipline, “wrongly imposing our ‘personal’ choices and ways of seeing onto others.”

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2021

More generally, the separation of work and life, ‘professional’ and ‘personal’, is ingrained, particularly for those of us with a reserved disposition.

From Nature • Jan. 9, 2020

The people are not muddled with drink; they are promptly paid; their 'personal' rights are not interfered with, save in respect to the selling of liquor; they are contented and happy.

From Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail by Lewis, Harry A.




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