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selfsame

[self-seym, -seym] / ˈsɛlfˌseɪm, -ˈseɪm /


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Then, importantly, this selfsame source claimed to, for sure, know the provenance of the pesto — that it came frozen, with notably simple, appropriate ingredients, and that it was called Armanino Basil Pesto.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 30, 2022

And one of the editors was John Curtice, whose exit poll this evening now poses that selfsame question once again, nearly 30 years on.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 12, 2019

But let’s recall that he’s left it to that selfsame media to report on the things he cannot bring himself to say out loud—Russian hacks included.

From Slate ● Apr. 26, 2019

And the views, while spectacular, were marred by teeming people, jabbering away, taking selfies, staring at those selfsame selfies instead of staring at Half Dome, the valley, the falls.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 25, 2019

"I don't doubt that you have defeated the bravest knights in all Spain, but not Don Quixote de la Mancha," the selfsame said.

From "Adventures of Don Quixote" by Argentina Palacios




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