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Recent Examples of individualistic
What’s more, the initial research focused on employees in China, but researchers found the same results emerged in Western cultures, where professionals tend to be less collectivist and more individualistic.
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Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
What an institution like the Dorf celebrates can be harder to define for those who grew up in a highly individualistic culture.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Western pop is more individualistic, focused on solo acts and features more explicit content.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 20 June 2025
Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
What an institution like the Dorf celebrates can be harder to define for those who grew up in a highly individualistic culture.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Western pop is more individualistic, focused on solo acts and features more explicit content.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 20 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for individualistic
Adjective
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To have a chance at winning in November, a Democratic candidate will need to draw independent voters and sway on the fence Republicans, in addition rallying Democrats, Rottinghaus said.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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Though most sightings can be identified as planes, balloons, drones and weather events, the independent group says more sophisticated scientific research is needed, along with efforts to remove the stigma of reporting UFOs (sorry, UAP).—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Tony Xu, cofounder and CEO of food and grocery giant DoorDash, doesn’t sugar coat the company’s efforts, and challenges, developing autonomous delivery technologies.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
8 Sep. 2025
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Tirias Research Watching and waiting for the automotive market to transition to autonomous vehicles (AVs) has been a painful experience.—
Jim McGregor,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Emily Brontë appears in every way indifferent to the need for love and companionship that tortured the lives of her sisters.—
Emily Temple
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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In The Paper, the gutting of local journalism over the last 20-plus years is depicted as a mundane sort of tragedy, typically undertaken by indifferent parent corporations or, worse, hedge funds that strip newspapers for parts.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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One key characteristic applicants need to consider is mastering the difference in expression from a neutral viewpoint on the job opening to a disinterested one.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Aug. 2025
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These deficient traits of humanity and humility are reflected in words like uncaring, vindictive, aloof, disinterested, and disrespectful.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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Once again, Attorney General Bonta has failed to perform his fiduciary duty of providing fair and impartial information to the voters.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
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Primus said in his tenure the STB always strove to be impartial and apolitical.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025
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Only 43 percent of respondents think the charges against Trump will be adjudicated fairly by a neutral judge and an unprejudiced jury.—
Noah Rothman,
National Review,
20 Dec. 2023
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Bheem’s courtship of the governor’s unprejudiced niece (a charming Oliva Morris), which provides some comic relief, not that anything in the film is really meant to be taken seriously.—
Frank Scheck,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Nov. 2022
Adjective
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But levying strict discipline has so far been football’s most visible attempt to ensure the competition on the field is fair and uninfluenced, a key to maintaining consumer confidence.—
Emmanuel Morgan,
New York Times,
1 July 2023
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Frosh said his reason for not confirming the names associated with cases under review is that the process must remain uninfluenced by grieving families or police officers.—
Jim Axelrod, Andy Bast, Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
22 Dec. 2022
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Oresme was an interesting figure, not only for his merit as a scholar and philosopher, but because of his unbiased approach to topics, particularly those involving the church.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025
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Over time, as AI tools became more integrated into our daily workflows—think live financial reporting or even inviting AI agents to meetings (remember AI doesn’t have a career at stake) to provide unbiased summaries—employee trust grew, and skepticism diminished.—
Paul Hudson,
Fortune,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Individualistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individualistic. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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