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as in person
a member of the human race
every individual has value
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as in entity
one that has a real and independent existence
our general concept of what constitutes a chair is based on our experience with many individuals that were called chairs
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as in personal
of, relating to, or belonging to a single person
everyone has his or her own individual opinion about the subject, but you will have to work together
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as in different
not the same or shared
guest rooms at the inn have individual bathrooms
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as in distinct
serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group
he's got a highly individual laugh that I would know anywhere
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Recent Examples of individual
Greg Kihlstrom, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Robinson is also a key stylist who is a part of the ensemble of individuals who are at the forefront of news-worthy tunnel outfits.
—Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 5 Nov. 2024
PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
Education was considered an individual pursuit marked by moral excellency and only the students who did the best in school would have proceeded to higher education.
—Sara Novak, Discover Magazine, 12 Nov. 2024
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After all, one of the biggest challenges that customer data platforms help brands solve is achieving this holistic view of individuals.
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Such tools can now identify individual facial features in addition to whole faces.
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The last person to pull that off was Navy’s Roger Staubach in 1963.Sarah Kelly, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Reddish was ruled out an hour before tipoff because of a right peroneal strain – irritation or inflammation in the tendons that run along the outside of a person’s ankle and foot.Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 16 Nov. 2024
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The Department he's nominated to run is one of the biggest, most complex entities in the U.S. - an institution that, as our next guest notes, has its own judicial code, its own legal system, its health care system.Connor Donevan, NPR, 20 Nov. 2024
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No government entity has weighed in on the Guidepost investigation or affirmed any of its findings; Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel offered three times to review the school shooting, the Detroit Free Press reported, but the Oxford School Board rejected her offers.Christina Coulter, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024
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One of my personal joys of visiting a mountain town is asking locals to tell me the latest and greatest tale of bear crime.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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Rule 2: Modulate your own expectations, too Setting personal boundaries about budget and how many people to buy for can help gift-givers avoid stretching themselves too thin.Melinda Fakuade, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
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Traffic camera footage showed another man, possibly the truck's seller, chasing after another man who fled in a slightly different direction.Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 22 Nov. 2024
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When bedding together, does bed down facing different directions.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 22 Nov. 2024
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What was revealed that day was how a dramatic human moment could be captured by the distinct storytelling art of the modern sports filmmaking of the NBA.Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 22 Nov. 2024
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This distinct ensemble keyed in on how dedicated the duo is to providing excellent looks for their ongoing clients.Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 22 Nov. 2024
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Also toward the film’s climax, the Wizard’s mechanical mask may be considered frightening — before, as in The Wizard of Oz, a harmless man (Jeff Goldblum) emerges from behind its curtain.Jen Juneau, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
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The most shocking moments of the 2024 presidential election also came over the summer as Trump faced two assassination attempts, including a shooting at a Pennsylvania campaign rally in which one man, Corey Comperatore, was killed.David Jackson, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
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This month, the company identified the object to be a natural rock formation instead.Alexandra Banner, CNN, 22 Nov. 2024
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Designer Thom Browne has long been admired as an American classic, but has more recently become a red carpet fixture and the object of obsession of Hollywood’s A-list.Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
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Comedian, by selling first for $120,000 in 2019 and now selling to crypto entrepreneurs Justin Sun, agrees with this subjective theory of value, highlighting the sometimes arbitrary nature of art pricing.Natalie Stoclet, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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More subjective measures point to a Trump bump as well.Sarah Bedford, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Individual.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/individual. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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