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Recent Examples of overconfidence
This often results in overconfidence, leading to overtrading, poor diversification, and all the things, usually bad, that come with that.
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
If Garnacho’s problem is overconfidence, Gittens’ is the opposite.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Wroblewski’s biggest fear is overconfidence.
—John Wawrow, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
Somehow, my burgeoning overconfidence didn’t result in grievous injuries.
—Andrew Fedorov, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
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Zev Fima, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
If Garnacho’s problem is overconfidence, Gittens’ is the opposite.
—Cerys Jones, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
Wroblewski’s biggest fear is overconfidence.
—John Wawrow, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
Somehow, my burgeoning overconfidence didn’t result in grievous injuries.
—Andrew Fedorov, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overconfidence
Noun
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More accurately, these failings are arrogance and incompetence.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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Listen to Martyr Khamenei's words on why Islamic governments and nations must stand united and fight the US arrogance in the region.—
Steven Stalinsky,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Robert Romanus, as Damone, would scalp Ozzy Osbourne tickets to his grandmother, and yet deftly treads the tightrope between cockiness and desperation.—
Gina Friedlande,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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Wednesday’s briefing, for example, featured the usual Hegseth hubris, strutting, and cockiness.—
Peter Wehner,
The Atlantic,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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For business leaders, Townshend’s decision to trust his own voice is the kind of self-confidence that defines the most successful leaders.—
Paul Fitzgerald,
Rolling Stone,
3 Apr. 2026
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So, it's been really nice to get a lot of self-confidence back, realizing a lot of self-growth and just being open.—
Haadiza Ogwude,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Beyond the financial impact, there's also damage to donor confidence.—
Kelly Werthmann,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Dan Campbell said the quiet part out loud, a bit unprompted, when asked about his confidence level in potentially moving star right tackle Penei Sewell to left tackle.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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Stylist Sydnee Paige—whose credits include actress Kerry Washington, WNBA player Skylar Diggins, and comedian Ziwe—has been working with Fudd since last September and can already attest to her blooming self-assurance.—
Jordan Robinson,
SELF,
19 Mar. 2026
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With assurances of an immunity deal, David Wiley met with investigators at his attorney's office.—
Peter Van Sant,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026
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Such assurances are unlikely to quell the community’s decades-long experience with polluted runoff, however, and small farmers say that runoff could also present a food safety problem and threaten to set back years of organic farming practices.—
Thomas Heaton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Registration on the Principal Register provides nationwide constructive notice, a legal presumption of ownership, and the right to use the ® symbol — tools that matter when knockoffs and unauthorized merchandise inevitably appear.—
PJ Green
April 8,
Kansas City Star,
8 Apr. 2026
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Where Uthmeier succumbs to bigotry is in the presumption that DEI means unqualified.—
Howard L. Simon,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Overconfidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overconfidence. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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