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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
Noun
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While on the show, Cuban had a reputation for being tough but fair, with a disdain for scammers and a soft spot for young entrepreneurs.—
Emy LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
25 Sep. 2025
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His open disdain for capitalism is fundamentally at odds with the very DNA of New York — the beating heart of American capitalism.—
John Foley,
Fortune,
24 Sep. 2025
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China has rapidly modernized its navy and air force, adding aircraft carriers, advanced destroyers, and long-range missiles to challenge US dominance in the western Pacific.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
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Ted Sarandos and Greg Peters have been Co-CEOs there since 2023, presiding over a period of share price growth and continued dominance in streaming despite initial skepticism about the dual arrangement.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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The kitchen borrowed the ingredient worship of Chez Panisse, but not its reverence for simplicity; the fancy culture-mash pizza of Spago, but not its Eurocentric hauteur; the cheffy precision of the French Laundry, but not its fussy formality.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025
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There was some explanation for his elusiveness, quite apart from the everyday hauteur of the fashion industry.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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Jenny struggles with underemployment, loneliness, condescension from the men in her life, the disapproval of her cougar mother and, worst of all for her, her failure to conceive a child.—
Barbara Ellis,
Denver Post,
21 Sep. 2025
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But their methods could often cross over into condescension, Palmer argues, mirroring the attitudes of imperialism that the Soviets often criticized.—
Danny Robb,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Aug. 2025
Noun
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After all, as Everett reminds us with comic pomposity: The journey matters.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
17 July 2025
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Right now, his focus is on doing eight shows a week, while injecting a Big Easy swing to the Major General’s pomposity.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
30 Apr. 2025
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Optimistic Miami Dolphins fans — assuming there are any left right now; forgive the presumptuousness — could find a way to be (relatively) encouraged coming out of Thursday night’s game.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
22 Sep. 2025
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“High-handedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-handedness. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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