own work

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noun

A product, creation, or piece of content that is the result of one's own effort and originality.

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These writers freely borrowed plots, characters and rhetorical devices in the service of their own work.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

But I remember rewriting several sentences of my own work in the hopes of satisfying this new integrity god.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026