personal
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Buy Nothing items may feel too valuable for the trash or too personal for Goodwill.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
They may use their own or their families’ savings, qualify for industry-based scholarships, take out personal bank loans, load debt onto credit cards or rely on government-backed student loans.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026
Sometimes I take things to a donation center, but I like the personal connection with Buy Nothing and that you know that there is someone who definitely wants your item.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026
She and another person named in the federal charging documents allegedly diverted funds from a Fema contract to friends and relatives, who donated the money back to her campaign as purported personal contributions, prosecutors said.
From BBC • Apr. 21, 2026
“Are you really worried about me leaving Churchill right now, when there’s a polar bear using our snowmobile as his own personal picnic basket?”
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
Vocabulary lists containing personal
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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