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personality

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


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She says she likes to meet potential employers face to face because "they get an idea of your personality".

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

"Not to mention, all those heavy rhinestone outfits, the big hair, my big... uh, personality," she joked.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

Edmond “Eddy” Porteous, one of the novel’s narrators, is an 18-year-old gay man in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1988, and like many artsy young people he expresses his personality through the music he listens to.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

Her skills were off the charts, as was her personality.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

Ophelia thought that Paul’s personality was built of oppositions—a need for frenzied activity that verged, she thought, on desperation, and a towering self-confidence oddly combined with a hunger for affirmation.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

It’s a new sound, but because we put our character, our personalities inside that song, it became a song that looks really good on us.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

His patients would come to include many prominent personalities around the city, and he was a strong believer in athletes getting back in the game.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2026

Return-to-office mandates also have hiring managers more focused on candidates’ personalities.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Brands have to develop distinct personalities to reach consumers suffering from information overload, Virmani said.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

None of their personalities had been left in the rooms, except for the two paintings on the wardrobe doors, the lady cutouts, and the little picture of the boat.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt




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