personal

adjective

ˈpərs-nəl How to pronounce personal (audio)
Definition of personalnext
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 Jackson has poured more than $200 million of his personal fortune into the race, shattering state records. — AJC.com, 28 Oct. 2026 Instead of positioning its embodiment as a personal tragedy that inevitably excludes people from society, the language of 504 suggested that our exclusion had been largely created and should be corrected. — Rebekah Taussig, Time, 28 Oct. 2026 Ratchkauskas was found responsible for personal abuse, assisting and endangerment and was expelled effective May 29. — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026 In New York City, voting is personal for poll worker Sandra Strother. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for personal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for personal
  1. subjective
  2. personalized
  3. private
  4. individual
Adjective
  • Passion is very subjective, and that is one of the beautiful things about it.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Ask for objective information that can be verified, rather than subjective advice, particularly in high-risk health contexts.
    — Robin Brewer, The Conversation, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of subjective
Adjective
  • Now, the high school reunion lives in the device in our hands, capable of giving anyone quantitative signals from a vast reference group at any moment on our personalized scoreboards of social approval.
    — Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The company's Atera platform is helping produce data sets to train AI models, a process that helps accelerate personalized therapies.
    — Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of personalized
Adjective
  • The Daily Express, which first reported the investigation, said the inquiries related to claims that women were trafficked to the king’s private estate in the Scottish Highlands.
    — Danica Kirka, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
  • When the heavy hand of government borrowing reduces private investment, jobs are at stake.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of private
Adjective
  • This is the Leeds full-length that sounds most like the previous one, despite the producer typically showing great range even across his individual monikers.
    — Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Peanut brittle in individual packages lack the name of producer and ingredients.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of individual

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“Personal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personal. Accessed 31 Oct. 2026.

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