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Noun
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The series follows the fictional Holliday, a former star whose arrogance burned every bridge.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025 -
Blenkin told Variety in September 2025 that his character's laughter comes from arrogance.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
24 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, in the wrong hands, being silent can signal disdain and superciliousness.—
Matteo Atti,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Saturn has been transiting the first few degrees of Aries since May 24, bringing fresh momentum to themes surrounding our identity, autonomy and self-assertion.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Then, as Venus moves into Pisces, the focus shifts from self-assertion to a deeper, more transcendent love.—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
14 Jan. 2025
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And nothing angers the Survivor gods more than reality TV hubris.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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Political hubris and mismanagement have reduced one of the oldest water civilizations to a parable of collapse.—
Nik Kowsar,
Time,
2 Oct. 2025
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Such comparisons are too easily drawn, with too much self-righteousness, as though the guilt for what was done to the Jews could be lightened just a little by likening them to their own murderers.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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The law also sets up a new legal presumption that the evaluator's opinion is correct.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
27 Sep. 2025
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And helping Kyiv get these systems will necessitate that NATO change its presumptions and priorities.—
ANDRIY ZAGORODNYUK,
Foreign Affairs,
23 Sep. 2025
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“Disdainfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disdainfulness. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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