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Synonyms

selves

American  
[selvz] / sɛlvz /

noun

  1. the plural of self.

selves British  
/ sɛlvz /

noun

    1. the plural of self

    2. ( in combination )

      ourselves

      yourselves

      themselves
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Example Sentences

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Saturday was a return to their reserved selves when, really, you wanted to see the warriors of November, or at least a version of them.

From BBC

Likewise, consider investing your own hard-earned money where people invest in their selves, in becoming who they want to become, in flourishing as human beings.

From MarketWatch

With “Alpha,” she once again utilizes a coming-of-age narrative to probe the fragility and malleability of our physical selves.

From Los Angeles Times

Regrets are staples of the melodrama, and Hoover’s characters are in constant conversation with their past selves.

From Salon

Online identity is fluid and data-driven; most visible aspects of our online selves are not self-selected but inferred from IP addresses, browsing patterns, purchases and the content of social media status updates.

From Salon

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