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selfsame

[self-seym, -seym] / ˈsɛlfˌseɪm, -ˈseɪm /


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“Stared at as closely and keenly as possible,” Dillon writes, “even the most elegant, precise or selfsame forms are revealed as monsters.”

From Washington Post Apr. 20, 2023

One contestant on “The Exhibit,” Baseera Khan, had a solo show at that selfsame institution during filming.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2023

Instead of reflection on that point, we have to grapple with the fact that it comes from the selfsame jurists who see every critique of their own conduct as intolerable.

From Slate Dec. 5, 2022

And one of the editors was John Curtice, whose exit poll this evening now poses that selfsame question once again, nearly 30 years on.

From The Guardian Dec. 12, 2019

"I don't doubt that you have defeated the bravest knights in all Spain, but not Don Quixote de la Mancha," the selfsame said.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios




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