personal
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Forrest said it was false that he used the jet for personal purposes and that he didn’t ask JPMorgan for money for the cathedral.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026
Burnham later told reporters that he would be "looking at" the tax-free personal allowance ahead of his first budget in the autumn, after the issue was repeatedly raised during his successful by-election campaign in Makerfield.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Their method proved efficient enough for some of the calculations to run on a personal laptop.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
Deciding when to claim is, therefore, a personal choice based on how much longevity risk you’re willing to take and what level of lifetime income best fits your circumstances.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
Reuben’s attacks on her felt personal now, like this was some kind of game the hurricane was playing with her.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Lee founded the online personals site missedyoula.com in May to fill what he saw as a niche left by Craigslist and to give people a space to submit missed connections truly based in romance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2021
As a result, sites like Craigslist removed their entire online personals sections.
From The Verge ● Oct. 17, 2019
John had recently moved to the city and was getting to know his new home: mainly, he says, by answering personals ads in the newspaper.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2019
“There were pages and pages of personals, mine was the only one to say wedding planner. I got lovely young couples who were having trouble planning their weddings.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2019
The more junior typesetters leaded and shimmed the classifieds and personals and all the other advertisements that filled the inside pages.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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