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individual

[in-duh-vij-oo-uhl] / ˌɪn dəˈvɪdʒ u əl /




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Other issues, such as working, depend on the individual, their abilities and their wishes, Tan said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

“What he can do is understand who this individual is fundamentally at their core,” Pierre says.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

That advice ranged from talking about safe investments for long-term holdings to recommendations to buy individual stocks before they popped.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

He also wants individual institutions that benefited from the slave trade to be held accountable and pay compensation.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

I know you are a very private individual, but perhaps we could speak on the phone at your earliest convenience?

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish

WASHINGTON—Attorney General Todd Blanche is launching a new process that allows individuals who lost their gun rights because of felony convictions to apply to have them reinstated.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 17, 2026

“It’s not a given, nor is it an obligation or mandatory to develop a friendship with individuals that you collaborate with,” says Pierre.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 17, 2026

Lord Woolley said issues of plagiarism were constant in academia and that a number of individuals, who had been accused of plagiarism had not been subjected to the attention Arday had received.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2026

Over the last 10 years, Paxton has championed religious freedom in court, often defending groups or individuals with conservative Christian views, particularly on marriage and gender.

From Salon Aug. 14, 2026

The problem at the root of such calamities is that humans evolved for millions of years in small bands of a few dozen individuals.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari




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