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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cockiness
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The lines between competitive stubbornness and plain old stubbornness, a healthy arrogance and prideful ignorance are pretty thin.—
Will Graves,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 June 2025 -
Individuals with big egos display excessive pride in their abilities and accomplishments, often leading to arrogance and overconfidence.—
AllBusiness,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Solskjaer felt that overconfidence bordering on arrogance might be PSG’s Achilles’ heel.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The paternalistic overconfidence of Armstrong’s tech bros delivers the bulk of both the dark humor and the sobering cultural relevance in Mountainhead.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
30 May 2025
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This growing self-assurance is accompanied by greater willingness to switch providers: 56% of U.S. women aged 25 to 34 report being likely to change banks, compared with just 19% of women over 65.—
Carrie McCabe,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Recent realizations about your life, childhood, and more have rocked your self-assurance.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
24 June 2025
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No Smoke and Mirrors, Just Strategic Thinking with a Human Dimension So, add your own sense of humility to prediction-making—not to undermine your self-confidence, but to enrich your thinking with humanity.—
Stanley C. Middleman,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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With Mercury in Leo trining Saturn in your fiery territory, your self-confidence is at an all-time high.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
27 June 2025
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Khan said the data actually instills confidence in the health of the overall housing market.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Athit Perawongmetha | Reuters China is devising more ways for foreign institutions to use the yuan, as international confidence in the U.S. dollar falters.—
Lee Ying Shan,Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
25 June 2025
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The vote remained open for more than three hours Saturday night as holdouts met with Senate GOP leaders to seek assurances on the bill.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
29 June 2025
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Our assurance stems from a thorough evaluation that contrasts its current valuation with its historical operating performance and financial health.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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“Cockiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockiness. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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