laid-backness

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Noun
  • Rubio’s separate negotiations are designed to empower the beleaguered Lebanese government and provide Israel with enough assurance to withdraw.
    Vivian Salama, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
  • The brand on the report is no longer sufficient assurance.
    Pukar Hamal, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • And yet his self-confidence was a kind of hubris.
    Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
  • Yet his calm self-confidence and assertive humility are within reach for all of us.
    Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • In a social media post on Monday, May 11, the nonprofit said the chicks' leg bones are maturing as both eaglets remain steady in their nest, standing and walking about with self-assurance.
    Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 12 May 2026
  • Her self-assurance has kept her armored against the backlash and backhanded compliments that have surfaced in some online discourse surrounding her music.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But anxieties about growing diversity and rising indifference had convinced many Americans of the need to enshrine Christianity in the Constitution.
    David Mislin, The Conversation, 26 June 2026
  • But by rejecting a public bill signing, Republicans worry that Trump is indicating a level of indifference to voters’ affordability concerns heading into November’s midterm elections.
    Mary Clare Jalonick, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026
Noun
  • Over time, some people even begin experiencing side effects, emotional numbness or a feeling that the medication is no longer helping in the same way.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • Webb, the Oklahoma radiologist, documented four times that a patient lacked numbness, and yet his WISeR application was still denied, citing numbness, which, in the reviewer's interpretation, would rule out the spinal surgery procedure.
    Darius Tahir, CBS News, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Nemec is an intelligent puck mover with good poise and vision with the puck.
    Corey Pronman, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Still, this chapter of your life may require more honesty than poise.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 21 June 2026
Noun
  • What gives us confidence in this assertion?
    Rob Toews, Forbes.com, 22 June 2026
  • Soloviev brims with the confidence of a billionaire’s son who has managed to chart his own unusual course.
    Reeves Wiedeman, Curbed, 22 June 2026
Noun
  • Peterson showcased a swagger that toed the line between confidence and self-assuredness often seen in superstar athletes.
    Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2026
  • Perhaps her self-assuredness comes from her powerhouse star of a mom, whom Harlow clearly admires in more ways than one.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
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“Laid-backness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laid-backness. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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