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Recent Examples of self-doubt
Significant injuries can be harrowing experiences filled with self-doubt.
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Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
And this ingredient is the secret to the success of many freelancers, start-up founders, entrepreneurs, and leaders who often felt like giving up and were faced with self-doubt on top of the rejections of others, yet still pushed on.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Employees will most likely seek new opportunities to eliminate self-doubt and stress.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
Founding member and rapper Ah Yoon described her initial feelings going into the shoot as filled with self-doubt.
—Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
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Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 25 Sep. 2025
And this ingredient is the secret to the success of many freelancers, start-up founders, entrepreneurs, and leaders who often felt like giving up and were faced with self-doubt on top of the rejections of others, yet still pushed on.
—Rachel Wells, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Employees will most likely seek new opportunities to eliminate self-doubt and stress.
—Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
Founding member and rapper Ah Yoon described her initial feelings going into the shoot as filled with self-doubt.
—Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-doubt
Noun
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Johnson hopes developments like the lofts will add stability to the neighborhood so that children growing up in Milwaukee do not need to relocate because of housing insecurity.—
Everett Eaton,
jsonline.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Money was flowing in, as the US and its allies attempted to rebuild civil society destroyed by the Taliban’s brutal rule from 1996 to 2001, even as fighting and insecurity still plagued swathes of the nation.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN Money,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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And has done so with the kind of diffidence that can only come from a lifetime in the sports backwaters.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Aug. 2025
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The concern now is not diffidence in New Delhi, but diffidence in Washington.—
Nirupama Rao,
Foreign Affairs,
30 July 2025
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“Self-doubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-doubt. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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