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selfsame

[self-seym, -seym] / ˈsɛlfˌseɪm, -ˈseɪm /


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The museum is the creation of the selfsame luxury watchmaker, which two watchmakers founded in a building next door in 1875.

From New York Times Jul. 10, 2023

Instead of reflection on that point, we have to grapple with the fact that it comes from the selfsame jurists who see every critique of their own conduct as intolerable.

From Slate Dec. 5, 2022

And one of the editors was John Curtice, whose exit poll this evening now poses that selfsame question once again, nearly 30 years on.

From The Guardian Dec. 12, 2019

And the views, while spectacular, were marred by teeming people, jabbering away, taking selfies, staring at those selfsame selfies instead of staring at Half Dome, the valley, the falls.

From Washington Post Apr. 25, 2019

"I don't doubt that you have defeated the bravest knights in all Spain, but not Don Quixote de la Mancha," the selfsame said.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios




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