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personals

  • plural
    of personal.
    personal
    adjective
    of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private.

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Lee founded the online personals site missedyoula.com in May to fill what he saw as a niche left by Craigslist and to give people a space to submit missed connections truly based in romance.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2021

As a result, sites like Craigslist removed their entire online personals sections.

From The Verge ● Oct. 17, 2019

“There were pages and pages of personals, mine was the only one to say wedding planner. I got lovely young couples who were having trouble planning their weddings.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2019

Emma Llansó of the Center for Democracy & Technology said Craigslist has already shut down its personals, missed connections and dating sections, many of which have long had innocent intents.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2018

“Two nights ago, when I got up tae—” he hesitated, glancing at Denna, “—attend tae moi personals, I saw lights off tae the north. A big wash o’ blue flame.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss