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Adjective
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The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people with less knowledge or skill feel overly confident.—
Dana Kelley,
Arkansas Online,
9 Jan. 2026 -
On a crucial third-and-10 just inside field goal range, Beck was confident with his pass to Marion to get well within range.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
9 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Usha Vance is confident and self-assured but is very much a woman who’s still coming to grips with her desire to live a somewhat normal life and the constraints of being married to one of the Republican Party’s most promising politicians.—
Francesca Chambers,
USA Today,
13 Dec. 2025
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Randall King’s direction is self-assured, staging that needs to lean heavily towards letting these four masterful chefs cook, providing a smorgasbord of the quad’s most famed hits.—
David John Chávez,
Mercury News,
2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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But beyond the timeless hits, the strong-willed and self-confident Arcángel has become an avid supporter of next-gen stars including Bad Bunny, Young Miko, Feid, Grupo Frontera, Maria Becerra and Carrión.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
8 Jan. 2026
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Brown, intensely studious and both self-confident and self-critical, no longer looks like someone who is thinking through four different possibilities, trying to fit into the scheme, before acting on the field.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
1 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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One of Robinson’s smartest moves was bringing back series stars Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt in roles that went far beyond the typical self-conscious (and self-congratulatory) cameos to create a fascinating conversation between the new film and the original.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
24 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
Adjective
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Freedom and rule of law were defended last night, but dictators will try to exploit this to rationalize their selfish objectives.—
Rachel Scott,
ABC News,
3 Jan. 2026
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Even though a lot of what happens in the book borders on the ridiculous because of the behavior of narcissistic selfish venal individuals.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Dec. 2025
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“Self-adulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-adulatory. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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