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Noun
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But as Teigen pointed out, losing weight will never fix self-confidence issues.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025 -
Through this, that creates this self-compassion, self-confidence.—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Oct. 2025
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Against Benfica, his movement off the ball and passing were more promising — but his dribbling falls well below Palmer’s standard and, as with Fernandez, his attacking actions lack the same boldness.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
15 Oct. 2025
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The pieces extending the collection kept spotlighting the boldness of gold and playing with talismans centered on key themes of the brand, such as the evil eye symbol abounding on necklaces and minimal earrings and rings nodding to the shape of the snake.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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To me, that’s a sign of growing self-assurance, not intolerance.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Chelsea are sorely lacking leadership and self-assurance, hardly surprising given the inexperience throughout a quickly thinning squad.—
Thom Harris,
New York Times,
28 Sep. 2025
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They are taken aback by her audacity and goad her into detailing the book’s genesis.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
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His audacity and her rashness might surprise some.—
Hanako Montgomery,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Chiefs are back, just as quickly as they were dismissed, and that’s in more than ways than post-game one-liners exuding some confidence after a convincing 30-17 win against the red-hot Lions.—
Sam McDowell
October 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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Showing confidence the whole night that the outcome wouldn’t really be in doubt, BSU went for it seven times on fourth down, converting six of those.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Oct. 2025
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Wings will need to know details of the programs and get assurance that the government will repay the line of credit, according to the letter.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Also, there is no assurance of affordability once a developer is in the picture, and the city of Lakewood has no accounting of how many affordable units have been built, at least the number has not been made public when asked in council meetings.—
DP Opinion,
Denver Post,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Self-assertiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-assertiveness. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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