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  • pronoun Belonging to one.

Etymologies

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one +‎ -'s

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Examples

  • Because of the family's tradition of taking the name of one's parent of the same gender, her brother was the only Preston among many Scotts, more Stuarts, a scatter of MacLaughlins, and one Ishimoto, a great-uncle Dannan remembered with great fondness.

    THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK VONDA N.MCINTYRE 1990

  • • ego-surfing verb: the practice of searching on the Internet for mentions of one's own name or the name of one's business, website, etc.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Kenyon Wallace 2011

  • A common trope used in Muslim mystical writings is "Die before you die," which refers to one's inner struggle to destroy their ego, communing with the Divine in this world, before one's physical death.

    Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage Ph.D. Zahra N. Jamal 2011

  • But as Tracy Kidder puts it in Mountains Beyond Mountains, the book on which Relin told me he modeled Three Cups of Tea, Farmer makes us uncomfortable by redefining the phrase "doing one's best."

    Ethan Casey: Greg Mortenson Redefines "Doing One's Best" Ethan Casey 2011

  • But as Tracy Kidder puts it in Mountains Beyond Mountains, the book on which Relin told me he modeled Three Cups of Tea, Farmer makes us uncomfortable by redefining the phrase "doing one's best."

    Ethan Casey: Greg Mortenson Redefines "Doing One's Best" Ethan Casey 2011

  • A common trope used in Muslim mystical writings is "Die before you die," which refers to one's inner struggle to destroy their ego, communing with the Divine in this world, before one's physical death.

    Zahra N. Jamal, Ph.D.: Hajj Diaries: The Multiple Dimensions Of Muslim Pilgrimage Ph.D. Zahra N. Jamal 2011

  • But as Tracy Kidder puts it in Mountains Beyond Mountains, the book on which Relin told me he modeled Three Cups of Tea, Farmer makes us uncomfortable by redefining the phrase "doing one's best."

    Ethan Casey: Greg Mortenson Redefines "Doing One's Best" Ethan Casey 2011

  • Stockholm syndrome, early stages, she told herself—how strange to be able to put a name to one's behavior, to diagnose it clinically, and yet to be unable to alter it.

    The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001

  • Stockholm syndrome, early stages, she told herself—how strange to be able to put a name to one's behavior, to diagnose it clinically, and yet to be unable to alter it.

    The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001

  • Stockholm syndrome, early stages, she told herself—how strange to be able to put a name to one's behavior, to diagnose it clinically, and yet to be unable to alter it.

    The Girls He Adored Jonathan Nasaw 2001

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