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as in celebrities
a person who is widely known and usually much talked about
a local television personality who is beloved by area residents
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as in identities
the set of qualities that make a person different from other people
she's got a great personality
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as in natures
the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others
it has never been in the nation's personality to adhere to a rigid class system
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as in insults
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
every debate that was supposedly about the issues quickly degenerated into a juvenile exchange of personalities
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Recent Examples of personalities
Schneider gave a shout-out to his scouting staff for doing the work to uncover the type of personalities the Seahawks would be acquiring.
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Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
For the very first time, Rina and Serasi stepped onto their outdoor habitat — and their personalities were already on full display.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Their personalities are already taking shape.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Manning brought together a cross-section of players whose stories highlighted the special talent and personalities on the Super Bowl 50 team.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
In the spot, Goodell walks into a meeting that includes some of the sports-media giant’s most notable personalities, including Mike Greenberg, Lisa Salters, Laura Rutledge, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Rooted in Cretan character, amiable staff embody warm Greek hospitality, while activities held at nearby farmhouses and artisans’ studios reveal the area’s special places and personalities.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
After Earle's exit from Unwell, rumors started swirling of a rift between the two media personalities behind the scenes.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
The premise, for anyone who needs reminding, is an odd couple lifelong friendship that survives domineering mothers, long distances, polar opposite personalities, men and misunderstandings, all until a terminal disease does the separating that a long list of previous plot devices couldn’t.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
Michael-Shawn Dugar, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
For the very first time, Rina and Serasi stepped onto their outdoor habitat — and their personalities were already on full display.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
Their personalities are already taking shape.
—Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2026
Manning brought together a cross-section of players whose stories highlighted the special talent and personalities on the Super Bowl 50 team.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 23 Apr. 2026
In the spot, Goodell walks into a meeting that includes some of the sports-media giant’s most notable personalities, including Mike Greenberg, Lisa Salters, Laura Rutledge, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Rooted in Cretan character, amiable staff embody warm Greek hospitality, while activities held at nearby farmhouses and artisans’ studios reveal the area’s special places and personalities.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Apr. 2026
After Earle's exit from Unwell, rumors started swirling of a rift between the two media personalities behind the scenes.
—Luke Chinman, PEOPLE, 23 Apr. 2026
The premise, for anyone who needs reminding, is an odd couple lifelong friendship that survives domineering mothers, long distances, polar opposite personalities, men and misunderstandings, all until a terminal disease does the separating that a long list of previous plot devices couldn’t.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for personalities
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The backstory Originally built during New York City’s Roaring ‘20s in 1926, the Surrey is a historic Art Deco gem that was once a residential hotel frequented by celebrities like JFK, Bette Davis, and Claudette Colbert.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
24 Apr. 2026
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Still, celebrities have to grapple with the reputational risks of leaning into a technology that garners widespread public distrust.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
24 Apr. 2026
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The identities of the gunmen are unknown.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2026
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And then there's the way in which these different identities are being used in political settings for propaganda.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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These observations suggest that small, mysterious moons with surprisingly different natures are the source of the particles that make up the two outermost rings, and that there are probably even more undiscovered moons to add to the 29 already known around Uranus.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
22 Apr. 2026
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Last month, a Los Angeles jury found social media giants Meta and Google failed to warn children about the addictive natures of their platforms.—
Drew Aunkst,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The president has spent a decade calling his rivals communists and traitors, among other hyperbolic insults.—
Jonathan Chait,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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According to Politico, the conversation was nothing but a tirade of insults.—
Tom Jurkowsky,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Apr. 2026
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Her songs in the film — written by Charli xcx, Jack Antonoff, and FKA twigs, who also co-stars — also have real pop bona fides.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
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Hitting theaters Friday, director Antoine Fuqua‘s biopic stars Jackson’s nephew Jaafar Jackson as the pop music superstar, with Colman Domingo playing his father, Joe Jackson, and Nia Long as mother Katherine.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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But fights are just as integral to the Netflix show created by Lee Sung Jin, and the series’ sound team needed to do even more meticulous work building visceral senses of anger, stress, and dread that slowly swallow up the characters and steer them into making a compounding set of poor decisions.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 Apr. 2026
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Apex, which primarily consists of its two main characters chasing each other around the fictional Wandarra National Park on location in the real Australian Blue Mountains, is more focused in action than in psychological nuance.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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Rotterdam is what happens when a city in the midst of transformation adapts to change without losing any reverence for its former selves.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
23 Apr. 2026
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This is our opportunity to show our real selves and be together.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
21 Apr. 2026
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First seen at a night-club table of menacing lowlifes, Ida, whose mother tongue is Brooklynese, suddenly switches to a heavy British accent and dispenses a torrent of highly literary sarcasms.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Mar. 2026
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