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Recent Examples of confidently
Chatbots, which confidently promise to answer any question and can generate images and videos remarkably quickly, are replacing traditional search engines and human experts as go-to sources of knowledge.
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Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
The accurate measurements allowed the team to isolate the milliseconds-long signal confidently.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
By confidently embracing change, HR leaders can usher their teams into a future where human values and innovative capabilities work in harmony.
—Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
This is equivalent to the universe closing one door while encouraging you to walk confidently through another.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Beyond this, Beyoncé is a Black woman who empowers other Black women to sit confidently on their own thrones.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
That trust allowed my team to move confidently in my absence, making decisions and supporting each other.
—Kari Cobham, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Villa started confidently until Bizot brought down Daichi Kamada and Palace were awarded a penalty.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
Meditative and confidently strange, this one suggests a psychic journey’s unfolding behind the scenes.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Alex Reisner, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2025
The accurate measurements allowed the team to isolate the milliseconds-long signal confidently.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
By confidently embracing change, HR leaders can usher their teams into a future where human values and innovative capabilities work in harmony.
—Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
This is equivalent to the universe closing one door while encouraging you to walk confidently through another.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Beyond this, Beyoncé is a Black woman who empowers other Black women to sit confidently on their own thrones.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
That trust allowed my team to move confidently in my absence, making decisions and supporting each other.
—Kari Cobham, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2025
Villa started confidently until Bizot brought down Daichi Kamada and Palace were awarded a penalty.
—Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2025
Meditative and confidently strange, this one suggests a psychic journey’s unfolding behind the scenes.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidently
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Hacks nominee Jean Smart looked positively regal in an emerald green turtleneck Christian Siriano gown and a statement necklace as well as other pieces from Rahaminov Diamonds.—
Jackie Fields,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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Marko, however, is looking positively at Red Bull's form after the Italian GP.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Sep. 2025
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Charlie Kirk traveled the nation, joyfully engaging with everyone interested in good-faith debate.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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But Wolfe’s good point, in his writing on architecture, was that there was an immense reservoir of idiomatic American style that deserved to be taken as seriously—or, more to the point, as joyfully—as any European art-school dogma.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Now Ronny looked up at her expectantly.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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In the clip, Blakely can be seen looking off camera expectantly, evidently aware something is happening.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Aug. 2025
Adverb
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But Pierce Brosnan is the scene-stealer here, joyously leaping into the character of Ron, a former union activist known as Red Ron in his day, still ready to start a protest when needed.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Aug. 2025
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Sports legends, including Michael Jordan, Lawrence Taylor, and Randy Moss, attended the game, cheering exuberantly after UNC took a 7-0 lead with an opening drive touchdown.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Diamandis welcomed each innovator to the stage with a hug and jumped exuberantly to the music, urging his audience to do likewise.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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That, in turn, jars an earlier memory of happier days in the same car, giddily documenting on camcorder their initial move to New Orleans.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
4 Sep. 2025
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The kiss became a key piece of a prosecutorial propaganda campaign, giddily inflamed by the tabloid media, that framed Knox as a perverse, cold-blooded killer.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 Aug. 2025
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Yet somehow, Congress blithely ignores this demand, and overall congressional legislation for gun safety rarely advances.—
John J. Donohue,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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As his profile began to grow on Grand Cayman, Santor became known for securing the best tables at restaurants and riding a scooter through island traffic, blithely ignoring suggestions to put on a helmet.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Confidently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/confidently. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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