selves

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All the adult actors are very pretty, including the women, though the calculation—a helpful one—was to cast performers who don’t resemble the younger selves of the present-day characters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

He just gave them permission to be their true selves.

From Salon • May 26, 2026

References to past selves and ghosts are a thread in many of her novels.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

And there’s one more person we can influence a whole lot, too: our future selves.

From Slate • May 15, 2026

That they were old friends who had shared a childhood was now a barrier—they were embarrassed before their former selves.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan