as in nature
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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as in solid
having or consisting of a single color
a self-red rose of a shade that hasn't been seen before
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Recent Examples of self
Lexi Love, Them., 18 Apr. 2025
Christina Ricci is calling the fashion police on her younger self.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2013
An inspector’s notes also stated there were cardboard containers on the floor, a non-self closing restroom door, no training documentation for the staff.
—Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2023
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Noun
My drag is now a love letter to my younger self, to our community, and to every nonbinary and gender-nonconforming soul who has ever felt unseen.
—Lexi Love, Them., 18 Apr. 2025
Christina Ricci is calling the fashion police on her younger self.
—Lauren Huff, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
The women's brains showed a clear divide between the areas of the brain activated by self and non-self MHCs.
—Breanna Draxler, Discover Magazine, 24 Jan. 2013
An inspector’s notes also stated there were cardboard containers on the floor, a non-self closing restroom door, no training documentation for the staff.
—Pam McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 28 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self
Noun
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Agassi said he was originally drawn to pickleball because of its social, inclusive nature.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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Russia-Ukraine peace report card: C Experts are divided on the progress of negotiations, especially due to their secretive nature.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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And the Mets haven’t needed much punch to get wins anyway, sporting the best ERA in the league by a solid margin.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
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Trump's tariffs roiled markets but data shows a solid economy.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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General Hospital isn't typically a place Americans might get a glimpse of a future presidential candidate, but that happened this week when ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith made a surprise return to the long-running drama.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
4 May 2025
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From plaster finishes to beadboard, even wallcoverings, each approach has its own personality and level of permanence.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
Adjective
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For one, the upstart Wings and dynastic Las Vegas Aces go to work at a particularly cool neutral site — Purcell Pavilion, home of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, cathedral to Muffet McGraw’s national championship program.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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There were about 140,000 Jews in the Netherlands, a neutral country, when the Germans arrived in 1940.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
3 May 2025
Noun
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Finding new degrees of colorful suits, flowing capes, and animal print jumpsuits supported the show’s tone from the beginning, but has increasingly become part of the HBO series’s comedy in its own right.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
4 May 2025
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Both are Black women but the world read their skin tones differently.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
4 May 2025
Adjective
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Chase Stokes Chase Stokes went monochrome with his attire at the H&M & LA event.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
10 Apr. 2025
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Most are roughly square, five-to-six foot canvases of seemingly monochrome color.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The character was the butt of many misogynist jokes.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
3 May 2025
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The show, replete with flower-power aesthetics and a raunchy sensibility, showed off Buzzi's knack for physical comedy above the neck, her characters often contorting their faces for the sake of caricature.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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“Self.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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