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Adjective
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In fact, of the 98% of HR professionals surveyed by Capterra who plan to use software and algorithms to reduce labor costs, only half are confident that the technology will make unbiased recommendations.—
C200,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025 -
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Caitlyn Martyn
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FOXNews.com,
8 July 2025
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Such perspectives make Wax’s Izzy a multi-layered and often contradictory character: self-assured, yet also self-doubting; brazen, yet guilty; fearless, yet also fearful.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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Dressed in jeans, a simple white tank top and some Birkenstocks, Carmichael appears more self-assured than ever.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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That’s far more than hollow audit committee charters, toothless assurance models and self-congratulatory periodic reporting.—
Noah Barsky,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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This presumes the candidate already delivers quality work, inadvertently steering them toward giving a self-congratulatory response.—
Shiran Danoch,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Her larger-than-life ego and past as a shaman make Player 044 come off as arrogant and selfish, getting under just about everyone's skin.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
4 July 2025
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While the Great Lakes tunnel has been pitched as a safer option than leaving Line 5 alone without secondary containment, Gravelle said that's a narrow and selfish view.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
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“Self-adulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-adulatory. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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