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personality

[pur-suh-nal-i-tee] / ˌpɜr səˈnæl ɪ ti /


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Cricketer-turned-TV personality Flintoff was one of three co-hosts of the long-running BBC motoring show at the time of the crash.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

The incoming Test coach will have to be comfortable working alongside a personality as big as McCullum.

From BBC Jul. 12, 2026

Guy and Bruno constitute the two halves of a single personality, the yin and the yang, the superego and the id.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

Each of the 32 chapters in “Gowanus Crossing” is devoted to a neighborhood personality or an episode from the author’s youth.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

They’d admired these aspects of her personality from a distance before they actually met her, but now that she was living and working with them in the flesh, she was their ideal leader.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

When one of Carney’s European counterparts mentioned their difficulties with the personalities in the second administration, two Canadian officials said he responded: “I have to deal with these guys every day.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

It’s a melting pot of, of people, of personalities, of characters.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 4, 2026

Longtime radio personalities Evelyn Erives, Nick Nack and Garrison King were all cut from the Inland Empire station last week as part of iHeartMedia’s latest round of national layoffs.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 29, 2026

Fox News personalities amplified the same message all week.

From Salon Jun. 27, 2026

Their different treads, as if even as spirits they retained their personalities, Patria’s sure and measured step, Minerva’s quicksilver impatience, Mate’s playful little skip.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez




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