as in natures
the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others
some believe that it's only in times of great stress that a person's true self is revealed
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Recent Examples of selves
But for the first three games, the Knicks looked like their regular-season selves — struggling to fully integrate Towns into the offense.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
Players did that from the first day, seamlessly providing a professional, healthy environment where everyone was encouraged to bring their best selves.
—Pj Green
april 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
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
This is our opportunity to show our real selves and be together.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
But the best of these good-versus-evil narratives, like in these eight series, can connect one generation to the next, introducing kids to the world’s complexity and keeping grown-ups tethered to the wonder of their childhood selves.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026
Explore Carla Harris’s perspective on executive presence and the value in showing up as our authentic selves.
—Big Think, 20 Apr. 2026
Transitions between the two parents (and selves, and lives) are widely considered one of the toughest aspects of divorce for a child—sites of recurrent loss and awkward morphing.
—Jean Garnett, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
Swift chooses which conflicts to foreground, which triumphs to monumentalize, and which past selves to revisit and revise.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 May 2026
Players did that from the first day, seamlessly providing a professional, healthy environment where everyone was encouraged to bring their best selves.
—Pj Green
april 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Apr. 2026
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
This is our opportunity to show our real selves and be together.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
But the best of these good-versus-evil narratives, like in these eight series, can connect one generation to the next, introducing kids to the world’s complexity and keeping grown-ups tethered to the wonder of their childhood selves.
—David Faris, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026
Explore Carla Harris’s perspective on executive presence and the value in showing up as our authentic selves.
—Big Think, 20 Apr. 2026
Transitions between the two parents (and selves, and lives) are widely considered one of the toughest aspects of divorce for a child—sites of recurrent loss and awkward morphing.
—Jean Garnett, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026
Swift chooses which conflicts to foreground, which triumphs to monumentalize, and which past selves to revisit and revise.
—Literary Hub, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selves
Noun
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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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Chicagoans first fell in love with the Italian comfort food in small late-night eateries that flourished thanks to the long hours, outgoing personalities and deft dough-throwing hands of their mom-and-pop owners.—
Donna Vickroy,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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New York’s gritty downtown scene was exploding, high-camp drag queens and nightclub personalities like Kevin Aviance and Lady Bunny were becoming icons, and house and ballroom music were filtering into the mainstream.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
Noun
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The shampoo uses highly concentrated violet pigments (which give it that signature purple hue) to neutralize yellow tones on contact.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
28 Apr. 2026
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Decor leans equestrian-meets-coastal ranch, with earthy tones, textured fabrics, saddle-leather accents, and subtle nods to the property’s equine history.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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This trio of characters is new to the franchise, though the biggest shift — in addition to seeing Rimura and company in breezy beachwear — is the focus on series mainstay Gobta (Ryan Reynolds; Asuna Tomari).—
Beatrice Loayza,
Variety,
1 May 2026
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In her very long and very twisty new novel, the author examines a Depression-era sterilization law in Mississippi, thereby connecting three white female characters.—
Bethanne Patrick,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Selves.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selves. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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