personal
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The company said in posts on X on Friday that “select customers are now being invited to purchase Cybercab for personal use” at an estimated purchase price of $29,990.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2026
California voters have approved Proposition 42, a statewide measure that bans new taxes on an array of personal assets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2026
"The story thus far has been on Jensen Huang's personal foibles," he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2026
The outage hit more than 70 countries, disrupting everything from business operations to government services and personal users.
From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026
“Good choice. This is now your very own personal tree.”
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
As a result, sites like Craigslist removed their entire online personals sections.
From The Verge ● Oct. 17, 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
See, for example, the wonderful sonnets that read like ads from a personals section: “A brother versed in spiritual calisthenics / And cowboy quiet seeks funny, lonesome, / Speculative or eye-glassed lass.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2018
Emma Llansó of the Center for Democracy & Technology said Craigslist has already shut down its personals, missed connections and dating sections, many of which have long had innocent intents.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2018
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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