for ourselves
idiom
—used to refer to two or more people doing something and not having it done for them by someone else
We want to see it for ourselves.
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Congestion pricing prioritizes safety, public health, and community — essential for building a life for ourselves and our families and retaining New Yorkers.
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Midori Valdivia, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2025
In the name of creating sweeter-smelling lives for all our readers (and, okay, for ourselves), our editors have been known to design fragrance wardrobes to scent everything from pulse points to bathrooms and—most dreamily of all—bedsheets.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 20 Feb. 2025
When we are done making babies, we’re left to fend for ourselves.
—Alice Park, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
Without it, we’d be left to fend for ourselves and navigate the recovery process on our own — a process that is as terrifying as the fires themselves.
—Natasha Navarra, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
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Midori Valdivia, New York Daily News, 22 Feb. 2025
In the name of creating sweeter-smelling lives for all our readers (and, okay, for ourselves), our editors have been known to design fragrance wardrobes to scent everything from pulse points to bathrooms and—most dreamily of all—bedsheets.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 20 Feb. 2025
When we are done making babies, we’re left to fend for ourselves.
—Alice Park, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
Without it, we’d be left to fend for ourselves and navigate the recovery process on our own — a process that is as terrifying as the fires themselves.
—Natasha Navarra, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for for ourselves
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“For ourselves.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20ourselves. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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