How native speakers pronounce “versions”

people have fantasized about playing God by creating artificial versions of ourselves. From Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"

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that when we are feeling the most anxious, uncomfortable, socially awkward versions of ourselves, when our hearts are pounding and our palms are sweating

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there's also the moral case. If we want to develop more well-rounded versions of ourselves, if we want to build robust relationships

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to change its length. She can also rapidly test different versions of this text. For instance, in this paragraph,

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But I am a consultant. So I did build you three versions of my tracker. (Laughter)

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We've got podcasts coming out of our asses about like how to, you know, do breathwork and be the best versions of ourselves. We're looking at meditation practices, sleep practices, exercise practices.

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