individuate

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The Jonas Brothers in 2023 offer cool adult-contemporary sounds for an audience that grew up with them, similarly navigating the life that emerges once you begin to individuate, become intimate and start families.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Over time, when it becomes a good business, we will individuate and make our own thing.

From The Verge • May 3, 2022

Robust peer friendships allow adolescents to safely individuate from their parents, but in these settings, peers can feel pitted against each other.

From Salon • May 1, 2022

Second, a 2-year-old is starting to individuate, meaning he’s finding his own mind and owning his body.

From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2022

In particular, it may be said of individuality that, while the tendency to individuate is everywhere present in the organized world, it is everywhere opposed by the tendency towards reproduction.

From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur