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
The requirements of a group may differ from your personal desires.
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USA TODAY, 23 Mar. 2025
Randall Park has faced some of his greatest personal challenges in the past few months.
—Esther Kang, People.com, 23 Mar. 2025
The files also contain the unredacted personal information—including Social Security numbers—of dozens of people, seemingly published accidentally, though the National Archives site now suggests this was an inevitable result of the transparency effort.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025
Center Mohamed Wague gave Oklahoma its first lead of the game with a personal 7-0 run at the nine-minute mark.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
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For example, when the count is 2-1 and the batter doesn't swing at a borderline pitch, his fate will be dramatically shifted by the home plate umpire's subjective call.—
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Participants acknowledge that judging of this kind is by its nature subjective.—
Adjective
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With respect to a private creditor pursuing relief in state court, the answer is yes.—
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To help administer the fund, in 1997 the FCC created the Universal Service Administrative Company, a private not-for-profit corporation that helps determine the amount larger carriers must contribute to it and disburses money to program beneficiaries.—
Adjective
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Conservatives typically treasure civic institutions as a storehouse of ancestral wisdom; those on the left have championed universal rights, individual freedoms and the vox populi.—
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This comes just a few days after Derrick White overtook Isaiah Thomas for the most individual threes in a season in Celtics’ franchise history.—
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“Personal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/personal. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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