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also chutzpa
or hutzpah
or hutzpa
as in gall
shameless boldness
had the chutzpah to demand that he be treated as a special case and be given priority in settling his insurance claim
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Recent Examples of chutzpah
As a 20-year-old, Taylor Barnard raced with chutzpah and still blooming talent in getting two poles and five podium finishes for Neom McLaren.
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
Instead, tomorrow’s companies need critical thinkers with chutzpah to make higher-level decisions.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Marty’s chutzpah is justified by history; the character is loosely based on the table-tennis hustler and champion Marty Reisman, who died in 2012, at the age of eighty-two.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
From his first moments onscreen in a performance of Duracell Bunny physicality and motormouth pushiness, Chalamet conveys the sense of a shameless young man willing himself toward greatness with a combination of chutzpah, amorality and unshakeable self-belief.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
Instead, tomorrow’s companies need critical thinkers with chutzpah to make higher-level decisions.
—Michael Ashley, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Marty’s chutzpah is justified by history; the character is loosely based on the table-tennis hustler and champion Marty Reisman, who died in 2012, at the age of eighty-two.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2025
From his first moments onscreen in a performance of Duracell Bunny physicality and motormouth pushiness, Chalamet conveys the sense of a shameless young man willing himself toward greatness with a combination of chutzpah, amorality and unshakeable self-belief.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chutzpah
Noun
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Imagine having the gall to besmirch the name of a young mother killed for trying to speak up for her neighbors or of an ICU nurse shot in the back for trying to tend to a woman who had been pepper-sprayed in the face.—
Sasha Abramsky,
Washington Post,
2 Feb. 2026
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The documents that Dooley was now handling were barely yellowed, their edges lightly frayed, the oak gall ink ranging from brown to black.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But then comes the skiing, which is typically more nerve-wracking and stressful and woowee!—
Frederick Dreier,
Outside,
3 Mar. 2026
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The resulting video with White hit a nerve.—
Ryan Brennan
March 3,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Too few compliments make kids feel slighted, while too many can inspire arrogance.—
Wayne Parker,
Parents,
8 Mar. 2026
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Adam McKay’s toxically smug dissection of Dick Cheney fails to take the full measure of this monstrous vice-president, but even so, Bale taps into something elemental about the man’s arrogance and domineering personality.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Her gleeful cruelty was matched only by the audacity of her incompetence.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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Marty Supreme, on which Ronald was a writer and producer as well as the editor, burst onto the awards-season scene in the fall with an arms-outstretched audacity that would make its would-be ping-pong-champ protagonist proud.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Chutzpah.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chutzpah. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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