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ourselves

[ahr-selvz, ouuhr-, ou-er-] / ɑrˈsɛlvz, aʊər-, ˌaʊ ər- /


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“If we do, we’ll give ourselves a chance.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

In my family, we have a password to be used to identify ourselves.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

We start measuring ourselves against the most aggressive thing we could have owned, instead of against our own goals.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 11, 2026

Yang: We are experiencing something in an acute way that I think everyone is experiencing, which is we are seeing ourselves in the third person.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

I followed, and we tucked ourselves into the tiny maintenance bay we’d used the last time we were almost caught by security.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin



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