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Recent Examples on the Web Both vessels were at the cutting edge of technology, both exemplars of safety in the eyes of their overconfident creators. Mark Harris, WIRED, 11 June 2024 This adulatory reaction is, in turn, causing Xi and other Chinese leaders to be dangerously overconfident. Tong Zhao, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2023 An overconfident Kremlin Russian government propaganda throughout the war has been strangely ambivalent. Peter Rutland, The Conversation, 14 Aug. 2024 Markets will be watching Friday’s numbers for confirmation that Powell’s view on the labor market is accurate — and that the Fed isn’t overconfident and waiting too long to start lowering rates. Jeff Cox, CNBC, 1 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for overconfident 

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“Overconfident.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overconfident. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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