the personals

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: a special section of a newspaper, magazine, etc., where people can place short personal messages

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Amid the personals and ads for auction sales, the viewer is forced to confront the contours of the Indigenous man’s face. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2020 Eight of the penalties, including all of the personals, were on the defense. — Mark Heim | [email protected], al, 11 Oct. 2020

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