as in nerve
shameless boldness
the cheekiness of the restaurant's demand that we pay for unordered food was breathtaking
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Recent Examples of cheekiness
Expect toffee-toned sweetness twisted with fruity cheekiness.
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Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The boys posed for the camera, showing off each of the characters' signature cheekiness, while in full hockey uniforms on the ice.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Angela Lei, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The boys posed for the camera, showing off each of the characters' signature cheekiness, while in full hockey uniforms on the ice.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheekiness
Noun
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The new neurons integrated smoothly with existing nerve circuits.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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Whatever the manifestation—hair-tucking, shorts-pulling, ball-bouncing, bobbing, pocket-checking, or something else entirely—the familiarity of these motions can have a soothing effect, calming the player’s nerves before a big shot.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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This crisis has shown us which world leaders will not only consent to this genocide, but brutally discipline their populations for having the gall to question it.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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Then there are parasitic wasps, which lay their eggs in the galls and go on to devour the entire oak gall wasp.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This arrogance is not just limited to tech titans.—
Christian Josi,
Boston Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
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These traits do not always show up as arrogance.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Beccacece has tried to channel the growing confidence.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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These numbers highlight a challenge that extends far beyond accounting, and that’s not understanding the critical link between financial confidence and entrepreneurial growth.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Internet users cannot cope with her audaciousness at such a young age.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Pollak recalls Karin making the first move – her brazenness being one of his favorite qualities.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
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Financiers sometimes laughed at the brazenness of Drahi’s methods.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Boldness and audacity are a protection for creativity against fear.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
5 Sep. 2025
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Build your audacity stack One of my favorite takeaways from Cultivating Audacity is that boldness grows through repetition, not revelation.—
Shelley Zalis,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Cheekiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheekiness. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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