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
At the same time, truly talented managers will use AI differently, not to mimic connection but to deepen it, extending coaching, aligning development to strengths and making leadership more personal, not less.
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Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The suite also had a little cubby and discreet shelves around the cubicle to store my personal things.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2025
Remove your personal information from the web: Your personal information is out on the web.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Its network of over 900 successful professionals is worth over $5.7 billion as of this writing, and the group is quickly gaining notoriety for its significant influence not just on professional but personal growth.
—Kody Boye, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
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Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
The suite also had a little cubby and discreet shelves around the cubicle to store my personal things.
—Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 30 Apr. 2025
Remove your personal information from the web: Your personal information is out on the web.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Its network of over 900 successful professionals is worth over $5.7 billion as of this writing, and the group is quickly gaining notoriety for its significant influence not just on professional but personal growth.
—Kody Boye, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for personal
Adjective
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Whatever the vocabulary, this new breed of firm used subjective concepts to drive their business processes.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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At its roots, the Ballon d’Or is a subjective award.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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And when the owner of the second-largest private company in the United States speaks, there’s an oracle-like aura that demands parsing.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
2 May 2025
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The court’s decision is expected to turn on whether charter schools, which are publicly funded but have private operators, are public schools under the law.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Both Joy Division and New Order are ridiculously overqualified for the Hall of Fame as individual units — two of the most influential bands of the past 50 years.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2025
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Researchers note that most of the individual insects live for less time, but that window accounts for some degree of staggering when the brood emerges, since that happens over a period of about two weeks.—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Personal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personal. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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