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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There was a professionalism and a level of belief that Europeans could make these movies for ourselves, for our own audiences.
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
The stupid way to be selfish is seeking happiness for ourselves alone.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
What begins as a crime thriller ends as a transfixing meditation on our personal need for recognition and the difficulty of finding this for ourselves or providing that for others.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
This is a part of our healing and our liberation for ourselves and our mental health— to feel soft, to feel vulnerable, and to smash tropes of toxic masculinity that we’re raised with.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
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Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2024
The stupid way to be selfish is seeking happiness for ourselves alone.
—Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2024
What begins as a crime thriller ends as a transfixing meditation on our personal need for recognition and the difficulty of finding this for ourselves or providing that for others.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2024
This is a part of our healing and our liberation for ourselves and our mental health— to feel soft, to feel vulnerable, and to smash tropes of toxic masculinity that we’re raised with.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Aug. 2024
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“For ourselves.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20ourselves. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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