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A short paragraph or advertisement in a newspaper that is written to or about a particular individual or people.
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personal (adjective), more personal, most personal
1. Conveying a characteristic that belongs to a particular person rather than to anyone else.
2. A reference to one's private life, relationships, and emotions rather than situations connected with one's public or professional career.
2. A reference to one's private life, relationships, and emotions rather than situations connected with one's public or professional career.
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personal, personnel
personal (PUR suh nuhl) (adjective)
1. Describing an action or a measure taken by an individual without intervention by another: It was Trudy's personal decision to try to swim the English Channel.
2. Relating to one's body; private: Jenifer's mother taught her good personal hygiene.
3. Relating to an individual's conduct, often in a negative context: It felt like a personal insult when Ingrid left the party early without an explanation.
2. Relating to one's body; private: Jenifer's mother taught her good personal hygiene.
3. Relating to an individual's conduct, often in a negative context: It felt like a personal insult when Ingrid left the party early without an explanation.
personnel (pur" suh NEL) (noun)
1. A group of individuals or staff who are employed or engaged in some activity: The list of personnel was posted in the lunch room at Dale's office.
2. A department or part of an organization which is concerned with employees: The senior staff member from personnel is interviewing candidates for the new position that is available.
2. A department or part of an organization which is concerned with employees: The senior staff member from personnel is interviewing candidates for the new position that is available.
The representative from personnel at the agency to which he applied for a summer job asked for his personal information; including, telephone number, address, etc.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group P; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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“personal”
(Greek: peculiar, one's own, personal, private; of or pertaining to one's self, distinct, separate, alone)
(Greek: grace, beauty, kindness; to rejoice at; extended to attractiveness, personal charm)
(Personal Genomics)
(a personal presentation by a pair of hands)
(listings of logs, or blogs, sharing personal stepping stones and stumbling blocks)
(A world-traveler's personal experiences)
(personal experiences and memories of past events)
(messages from sufferers of this phobia)
(Latin: will, free will, free choice; to wish; personal desire)
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Hands: A Personal, First Person Presentation
Cheiro Sinistro and Manual Dextro want you to know more about them by reading their hand revelations.
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Special Contents of Interest
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Someone who is well known rather than just a colleague or an acquaintance.
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
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The sharing of close relationships, social associations, and interests.
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personal individual
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Pleonasms or Tautological Redundancies
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1. The physical area immediately surrounding someone into which any encroachment feels threatening to or uncomfortable for him or her.
2. A region designated for the use of an individual within a larger communal area; such as, an office.
3. Time in which a person is undisturbed and free to concentrate on his or her own thoughts, desires, or needs.
2. A region designated for the use of an individual within a larger communal area; such as, an office.
3. Time in which a person is undisturbed and free to concentrate on his or her own thoughts, desires, or needs.
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