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self

[self] / sɛlf /


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I feel his jab and his know-how, and the new-found self belief, will be the difference.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“We provided California an opportunity to self correct its records,” Attorney General Todd Blanche said after the lawsuit was filed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

I’m obsessed with them all, both as a model for my future self and also the person I’d like to be right now—effortless, serene, perfect.

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

I urge you not to judge your former self.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

Laurie’s bashfulness soon wore off, for Jo’s gentlemanly demeanor amused and set him at his ease, and Jo was her merry self again, because her dress was forgotten and nobody lifted their eyebrows at her.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott

We paint our current selves onto the kids we grew up with, so the bookworm remembers a childhood crowded with library lovers, and today’s teenagers are contrasted with classmates who never existed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

In a separate post Sunday, he shared photos of his younger and current selves and celebrated survival and progress in his caption.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

That connection to their younger selves is something they channel in their first stage appearance together at Pitlochry Festival Theatre, where Cumming is now artistic director.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Our criminal records will always be searchable, so formerly incarcerated people have to be extremely careful of how we’re presenting our digital selves.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

Kids who are wraiths of their former selves.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman


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