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Adjective
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As a direct result of this, businesses end up with managers who aren’t confident in their ability to lead, and who struggle to deal with the various challenges that come with managing people, leading both employees and struggling managers to resign.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025 -
In fact, Golden State was feeling so confident that their television network decided to take a playful jab at Lakers superstar LeBron James.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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But Nobody’s Girl floats free, self-assured and self-contained—a true American tragedy.—
Julia Hass,
Literary Hub,
21 Oct. 2025
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There’s a push-pull to him, a magnetic duality: stoic and deeply sensitive, anxious and self-assured.—
Carrie Battan,
Vulture,
6 Oct. 2025
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Sacrifice captures the tenor of these high-end charity events that are attended by the famous and ultra-wealthy, and have a tendency to land somewhere between tone-deaf to hopelessly self-congratulatory.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2025
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The California governor, meanwhile, is a possible 2028 Democratic presidential contender and has emerged in recent months as one of Trump's sharpest critics, making headlines for mocking Trump by imitating his all-caps and self-congratulatory social media posts.—
Sonam Sheth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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How selfish of Fred Warner, goodness gracious.—
Michael Nowels,
Mercury News,
20 Oct. 2025
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This is plainly and simply a selfish decision on his part.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Self-adulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-adulatory. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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