personal space

noun

: the distance from another person at which one feels comfortable when talking to or being next to that other person

You are invading my personal space.

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Adorn your personal space: With strategy and intention, place your crystals in specific locations around your home and workspace. —

Valerie Mesa, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024 Worse yet, a seedy private eye (Kevin Bacon) starts invading Maxine’s personal space and threatens to expose her murderous past. —

Tim Lammers, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024 While Chappell Roan has been very serious about her pleas to fans to respect her personal space, Saturday Night Live found a way to make light of the situation on this weekend’s season 50 premiere by likening the red-hot pop star to Moo Deng, the 2-month-old pygmy hippo living at a zoo in Thailand. —

Katie Atkinson, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2024 Balancing employee need for personal space and boundaries with social bonds and emotional attachment will be an important learning step for your servant leaders. —

Anjali Chaudhry, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for personal space

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