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or extraversion
as in boldness
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Recent Examples of extroversion
A lot of advice for introverts in the workforce says to fake extroversion to succeed — but that's not the answer.
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Goldie Chan, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2025
Getty Images In the study, researchers crafted job adverts that called for a candidate high in one of six personality factors including honesty-humility, emotionality, extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
On personality tests, athletes typically score at least average in extroversion, openness and agreeableness, and high in conscientiousness.
—Eric Zillmer, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2025
Situational Preferences Your preference for introversion or extroversion changes based on your mood or the context.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2024
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Goldie Chan, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2025
Getty Images In the study, researchers crafted job adverts that called for a candidate high in one of six personality factors including honesty-humility, emotionality, extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
On personality tests, athletes typically score at least average in extroversion, openness and agreeableness, and high in conscientiousness.
—Eric Zillmer, The Conversation, 4 Feb. 2025
Situational Preferences Your preference for introversion or extroversion changes based on your mood or the context.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for extroversion
Recent Examples of Synonyms for extroversion
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Ultimately, critical thinking is about having the humility to gather information and the boldness to act on it.—
Steve Muscato,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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What makes her approach distinct isn’t the under-eye blending itself but the boldness and unapologetic commitment to high-pigment color, applied generously.—
Susan Akyeampong,
Allure,
27 May 2026
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The México 86 producers set out to capture the music, fashions and general brashness of the era.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
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Carolina did make one addition, trading for fighter Nic Deslauriers, but the brashness the Hurricanes’ front office has shown in recent years didn’t lead to the type of headline-making move seen in recent seasons.—
Cory Lavalette,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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That straight-forwardness is a hallmark not only of her marketing insights, but also of her leadership.—
Katherine Fung,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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Instead, over decades of partnership, what the researchers found is that companionship, trust and commitment were much more reliable predictors of long-term relationship quality than attraction alone.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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According to a report published in Harvard Business Review, therapy and companionship is are now the number one use case for generative AI—up from number two the year before.—
Clay Routledge,
Fortune,
23 May 2026
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For all the prior cinematic depictions of storming bunkers and camaraderie under fire, Pressure offers us the quiet heroism of rational restraint in the figure of James Stagg, who weathered his inner storms and bore the courage to be disliked.—
Daniel Jonah Wolpert,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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The camaraderie alone, there hasn’t been any drama.—
Michael Osipoff,
Chicago Tribune,
29 May 2026
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“Extroversion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/extroversion. Accessed 1 Jun. 2026.
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