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personal

[pur-suh-nl] / ˈpɜr sə nl /


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Whether you delay is a personal decision and is wholly dependent on whether you would like to start receiving your Social Security benefits early and on when you decide to retire.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 25, 2026

On a single turbulent Monday, 22 June, a 16% single-day drop erased an estimated $240 billion from Musk's personal balance sheet.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

The book depicts Mr. Stein as a Boss Tweed-style figure who ran the lifeguarding program as a personal fiefdom, rewarding those loyal to him with plum assignments and punishing those who sought system reform.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 24, 2026

Unless, of course, tomorrow morning’s personal consumption expenditures price index rains on Wall Street’s party.

From Barron's • Jun. 24, 2026

But Joey can’t resist the opportunity to conduct spy work up close and personal.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly




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