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on one's own

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of on one's own in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of on one's own in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of on one's own in a Sentence

  1. Viktor Frankl:

    Everything can be taken away from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedom -- to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

  2. Ajay Vir Jakhar:

    India is too huge a seed market for anyone to leave( of) one's own choice.

  3. Korean War.As:

    No blackmailing, blocking or extreme pressuring will work. Acting in one's own way and serving one's own interests will not work. Seeking hegemony and bullying others will not work and will lead the world to nowhere but a dead end.

  4. Martin Tobias Lithner:

    One's own belief in human excellence is one of the ultimate signs of the skewness that man himself has invented, his role in everything. Sublimely, however, we are aware of our own coming doom through a quick glance at the world around us.

  5. Margaret Oliphant Oliphant:

    Oh, never mind the fashion. When one has a style of one's own, it is always twenty times better.

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