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Adjective
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Willy Adames is confident the Giants could’ve turned two.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025 -
So here’s what the data is saying: Corporations are confident—just look at buybacks.—
Frank Holmes,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Shayla is the affluent love interest of Steven in season 1, who is self-assured and poised.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
16 July 2025
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Most of the new actors are terrific, either by leaning into the way their characters are younger and less self-assured than the originals, or by bringing definition to the sketchier and more obscure characters.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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The collection documents both sides of the slavery debate, pro and con—a useful correction to the self-congratulatory view of British history that celebrates abolition and turns a blind eye to everyone who defended slavery.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 July 2025
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There’s a sameness there that the series’s compressed adaptation of its source material only exacerbates, and that makes Dream’s one-note development feel thin and self-congratulatory.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
24 July 2025
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The United States seems to be the only major nation that’s in the grip of such mercenary and selfish dogma.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Aug. 2025
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Each declaration chips away at the outdated beliefs that wealth is unladylike or selfish.—
Melissa Houston,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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“Self-adulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-adulatory. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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