ego
Example Sentences
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Preservation of the manager’s job, or at least their ego, becomes the top priority.
From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026
Blackrock added that Slattery played "with ferocity and grace, but without ego or theatre".
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
The general unlikability of his characters—odd ducks motivated by ego, profit or both—doesn’t help.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026
Bombastic yet intimate, fantastical yet sensible, Colbert’s farewell to his Comedy Central audience and his conservative alter ego was about as lovely and loving as TV can be.
From Salon • May 21, 2026
He needed more power—not for his own ego but for the sake of the exposition.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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