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Recent Examples of self-congratulatory
But a self-congratulatory tone was adopted after announcing a 90-day pause on the reciprocal tariffs.
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Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Loomer also took credit for planting the idea of Haugh’s ouster and that of NSA Deputy Director Wendy Noble in one of many self-congratulatory social media posts.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
But teenager Mirra Andreeva has made a habit of giving herself a self-congratulatory pat on the back after recent victories, her latest coming at Indian Wells on Sunday.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
This keeps you top of mind without coming across as self-congratulatory.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Loomer also took credit for planting the idea of Haugh’s ouster and that of NSA Deputy Director Wendy Noble in one of many self-congratulatory social media posts.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
But teenager Mirra Andreeva has made a habit of giving herself a self-congratulatory pat on the back after recent victories, her latest coming at Indian Wells on Sunday.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
This keeps you top of mind without coming across as self-congratulatory.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-congratulatory
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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From there, the team set about making Victor feel comfortable and confident as both a filmmaker and a performer.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
26 June 2025
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Actually, confident isn’t extreme enough of a word.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Iran is not a backward place, even if its current government is backward-looking and selfish.—
Colin Pascal,
Baltimore Sun,
24 June 2025
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There’s nobody selfish, one through nine, and the bench players, too.—
Mitch Sherman,
New York Times,
21 June 2025
Adjective
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The Apple study's revelation that AI reasoning models fail when faced with true complexity mirrors how overconfident individuals often struggle with genuinely challenging problems while maintaining their persuasive veneer.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Most accidents happen when overconfident visitors ignore the rules or stray from marked paths.—
Erica Firpo,
AFAR Media,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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This includes uncouth habits like bad hygiene, inconsiderate acts like being self-centered or a violation of social norms.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Venis is ambitious, juvenile, and self-centered, even questioning whether other people are as real as him and his friends.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
31 May 2025
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And a slightly surreal, fantastical closing scene is puzzling and pretentious rather than provocative.—
Stephen Farber,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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Folks in foodie online circles can be pretentious about American-Chinese food.—
Amy Drew Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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The former athlete/coach-mind in me couldn’t help but cringe…is ND being too presumptuous here?—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
23 July 2024
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Well, living in the present tense is perhaps being a bit presumptuous for Felicity, but which sister murdered whom and is now impersonating them is for Charlie to sort out.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
9 May 2025
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Unlike baseball, with some of its holier-than-thou decisions with its Hall of Fame, the Basketball Hall of Fame largely looks at career on-court achievements.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Feb. 2025
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Laurie, now adopting her own holier-than-thou perch, is just as bad.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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“Self-congratulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-congratulatory. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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