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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
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, has called for calm, but several far-right personalities in Great Britain and the United States—including Elon Musk—have used the attack to foment hatred against immigrants.
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Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
Tim Allen, who has played Buzz Lightyear since the first movie, noted how intertwined the characters have become with their personalities.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 12 June 2026
Business owners must evolve from visible personalities to trusted voices grounded in lived experience and human connection.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
As the murder trial got underway, supporters of both families gathered outside the courthouse alongside activists and online personalities, highlighting the intense public interest surrounding the proceedings.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 June 2026
There are few rules of engagement when family-run restaurants hire social media personalities to post about them.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
And then there were the personalities at play.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
When her father hires a young bodyguard to protect her, the disparate personalities can’t help but find themselves, well, drawn to each other.
—Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
Smith has become one of ESPN’s most powerful personalities by knowing exactly how to get attention.
—Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
Tim Allen, who has played Buzz Lightyear since the first movie, noted how intertwined the characters have become with their personalities.
—Mason Leath, ABC News, 12 June 2026
Business owners must evolve from visible personalities to trusted voices grounded in lived experience and human connection.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
As the murder trial got underway, supporters of both families gathered outside the courthouse alongside activists and online personalities, highlighting the intense public interest surrounding the proceedings.
—N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 10 June 2026
There are few rules of engagement when family-run restaurants hire social media personalities to post about them.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 10 June 2026
And then there were the personalities at play.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2026
When her father hires a young bodyguard to protect her, the disparate personalities can’t help but find themselves, well, drawn to each other.
—Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 10 June 2026
Smith has become one of ESPN’s most powerful personalities by knowing exactly how to get attention.
—Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for personalities
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The honors, which aim to reward individuals for their contributions to British life, are awarded twice a year to celebrities and public figures as well as ordinary people, once at New Year’s, and then in June, to mark the king’s birthday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 June 2026
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Made of suede and leather, Skechers’ sneakers are an impressive lookalike for the indoor soccer shoes made popular by celebrities like Katie Holmes and Jennifer Aniston.—
Michelle Baricevic,
Travel + Leisure,
12 June 2026
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Their identities were not released.—
Richard Ramos,
CBS News,
15 June 2026
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The identities of those on board were not immediately available, nor was a cause for the crash, which is under investigation.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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The fact is often interpreted as women wanting less risk than men because of women’s natures.—
Teresa Ghilarducci,
Forbes.com,
14 June 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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The adversaries made for a striking scene, exchanging insults in mutually unintelligible languages in the dead of night.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2026
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The president lobbed insults at the Fed chair and the two clashed over the budget for a multibillion-dollar renovation project at the Fed's Washington headquarters.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
15 June 2026
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Keith hailed from Tennessee and worked with music’s biggest stars, including Beyoncé and Drake.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC news,
19 June 2026
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Angel Reese with Reebok, Breanna Stewart with Puma, Sabrina Ionescu with Nike and A’ja Wilson with Nike are the other active WNBA stars with signature sneakers.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
19 June 2026
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There's incredible chemistry between Beatty and Dunaway, who elevate a relatively straightforward movie into something that seems alive, as if the actors and the real historical characters are one and the same.—
Eric Farwell,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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Nonetheless, the series evolves into an elaborate soap opera over its 39 episodes, with complex scheming characters opposing Utena, her relationship with Anthy serving as the lodestar that guides this tragedy towards its ambiguous conclusion.—
Wilson Chapman,
IndieWire,
12 June 2026
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The stories need them but this is the case because dogs figure so powerfully in how literature and the visual arts imagine human interactions among themselves and with the gods who them-selves have dogs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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Recreational facilities like Parque Río Cristal, Coney Island in Miramar and Lenin Park, which once offered leisure opportunities for ordinary Cubans, have become shadows of their former selves.—
Sarah Moreno
June 5,
Miami Herald,
6 June 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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“Personalities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personalities. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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