as in subjective
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
he kept personal items in a separate drawer
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Recent Examples of personal
Tensor has unveiled its personal Robocar at CES, positioning it as an AI-first autonomous vehicle built from the ground up for Level 4 driving rather than a conventional EV retrofitted with autonomy.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
Three City Hall employees reported that their wallets, which contained cash, credit cards, health savings account cards, and personal ID were stolen from their offices, per Boston Police reports.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Salon services are also available, along with an extensive fitness center where guests can connect with personal trainers, receive nutritional analysis, and take classes.
—Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
Nguyen has used humor and her personal story to build narrative power and use it to enact real world change.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Jan. 2026
Three City Hall employees reported that their wallets, which contained cash, credit cards, health savings account cards, and personal ID were stolen from their offices, per Boston Police reports.
—Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Salon services are also available, along with an extensive fitness center where guests can connect with personal trainers, receive nutritional analysis, and take classes.
—Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Jan. 2026
Nguyen has used humor and her personal story to build narrative power and use it to enact real world change.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for personal
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Some two decades after the debacle of Iraq, the subjective preferences of metropolitan journalism are more widely exposed and, as the implosion of the Washington Post illustrates, the owners of media organs are revealed to be aggressively self-interested.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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This notion is defined in terms of what humans can do, rather than in terms of a subjective quality that humans hold, intelligence.—
Eric Siegel,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Additionally, the new features show how Google is trying to make its Chrome browser more personalized for users.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
28 Jan. 2026
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Drivers with personalized blackout license plates are also required to pay a $15 annual renewal fee.—
Emery Glover,
Des Moines Register,
28 Jan. 2026
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Another lawsuit brought by detainees in federal court in Fort Myers argued that immigration was a federal issue, and Florida agencies and private contractors hired by the state had no authority to operate the facility under federal law.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Jan. 2026
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Indiana is preparing to work with private industry to determine the feasibility of retrieving rare earth elements from its legacy coal byproducts.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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By contrast, as a 2006 study from PNAS demonstrated, signature whistles serve the sole purpose of encoding identity information that other dolphins can recognize, even when stripped of individual voice characteristics.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
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The two-time individual national qualifier is a huge addition to the team's arsenal this season as Hooten helps her former teammates find success.—
Marielle Mohs,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Personal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personal. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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