self

Example Sentences

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"Nationally, families have long raised concerns about the huge flaws of the self- assessment involved by individual trusts in the maternity incentive scheme," said Mrs Winser-Ramm.

From BBC • Sep. 23, 2025

The participants who performed acts of niceness reported higher well-being on all four—a sense of meaning in life, self- satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, and mood—than those who did errands.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2023

But “Hello Tomorrow!” suggests that deceptions, self- and otherwise, are the rocket fuel that keeps us moving through an otherwise indifferent universe.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2023

Hermaphrodites may self- fertilize, but typically they will mate with another of their species, fertilizing each other and both producing offspring.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

Both demonstrate that acting in one’s self- interest does not always best serve one’s self- interest.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos