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Recent Examples of confidently
These bills would finally establish reliable standards of care for people with autism or IDD, requiring the state to develop a comprehensive plan to ensure that providers can confidently deliver safe and effective care.
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Maura Sullivan, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
The most distinctive features are the bold black-and-white bands across the head and through the eyes, but the yellow beak and the unspotted gray breast are easy ways to confidently identify this dapper bird.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
The Wolverines confidently came to Southern California, with head coach Sherrone Moore telling reporters that the game was only a sellout because Michigan was coming to town.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
The Americans started brightly and confidently, getting control in midfield and probing with intent, but chances were rare, with the first real effort somewhat accidental as Zavier Gozo’s cross from the left clipped the top of the bar.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The other was of Ambere, smiling confidently with her hand on her hip.
—Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
In a moment where artists like Lil Yachty and Central Cee blur the line between streetwear and high fashion, Vans steps confidently into that same conversation, proving skate culture has always influenced the runway.
—Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Labor economics highlights the gap between what workers can confidently demand in a tight labor market and what they are forced to accept when unemployment is higher and new positions are scarce.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
Establishing such leadership and marching confidently with it into the future—this is the mission of our generation.
—Ehud Barak, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Maura Sullivan, Boston Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
The most distinctive features are the bold black-and-white bands across the head and through the eyes, but the yellow beak and the unspotted gray breast are easy ways to confidently identify this dapper bird.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2025
The Wolverines confidently came to Southern California, with head coach Sherrone Moore telling reporters that the game was only a sellout because Michigan was coming to town.
—Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 12 Oct. 2025
The Americans started brightly and confidently, getting control in midfield and probing with intent, but chances were rare, with the first real effort somewhat accidental as Zavier Gozo’s cross from the left clipped the top of the bar.
—The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
The other was of Ambere, smiling confidently with her hand on her hip.
—Joe Garcia, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
In a moment where artists like Lil Yachty and Central Cee blur the line between streetwear and high fashion, Vans steps confidently into that same conversation, proving skate culture has always influenced the runway.
—Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2025
Labor economics highlights the gap between what workers can confidently demand in a tight labor market and what they are forced to accept when unemployment is higher and new positions are scarce.
—Jeremy Lott, The Washington Examiner, 10 Oct. 2025
Establishing such leadership and marching confidently with it into the future—this is the mission of our generation.
—Ehud Barak, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for confidently
Adverb
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Viewers responded in droves to ABC's suspension of Jimmy Kimmel Live in September, and not positively.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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Candy, costumes, pumpkin patches — the costs of fall fun can be positively frightful.—
Amber Roberson,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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The photographs joyfully corroborate the text’s account of a life that cannot be the case.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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The result is bright, exotic, and joyfully subversive, proving that even the darkest wood can burn so bright.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
16 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Everyone would sit at the dinner table expectantly, their pork chops in front of them, waiting for a knock at the door that would, inevitably, never come.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Now Ronny looked up at her expectantly.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Lorde and Charli ended the duet together, joyously dancing and swinging their admittedly very similar long, dark curls in a moment of intense catharsis for both the artists and their raucous fans.—
Rachel Scharf,
Billboard,
19 Oct. 2025
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Last year at Raymond James Stadium, the 49ers were the last team standing – or joyously sprinting off the field, having won on a walk-off field goal by Jake Moody.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
11 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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When large and small crowds in large and small towns gather respectfully, even exuberantly, to register their response to the country’s direction, measuring newsworthiness by body count or damage tallies misses the critical story.—
Nancy Gibbs,
Time,
17 Oct. 2025
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Large and cuddly, charismatic and exuberantly Afro’d, Quest is a real-life version of South Park‘s Chef.—
Touré,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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In those two decades, Roberts has blithely overseen the near-total dismantling of American democracy and an unprecedented rollback of basic rights.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Oct. 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 26 Oct. 2025.
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