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Recent Examples of self-doubt
With the help of journalist Gerrick Kennedy, the memoir details Brandy's meteoric rise to fame as a young teen while volleying ambition, exhaustion and self-doubt, moving through a predatory and tormenting industry and being misunderstood in the public eye.
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Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
When working in that vein, Barnett’s journeys through self-doubt are well-matched with the stomping, meat-and-potatoes indie-rock production that Burke Reid and Dan Luscombe brought to her first two albums.
—Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
Forced into bravery alone in space, there’s no time or space for self-doubt, only action.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
Forced into bravery alone in space, there’s no time or space for self-doubt, only action.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
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Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2026
When working in that vein, Barnett’s journeys through self-doubt are well-matched with the stomping, meat-and-potatoes indie-rock production that Burke Reid and Dan Luscombe brought to her first two albums.
—Ethan Beck, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
Forced into bravery alone in space, there’s no time or space for self-doubt, only action.
—Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 21 Mar. 2026
Forced into bravery alone in space, there’s no time or space for self-doubt, only action.
—Katie Walsh, Boston Herald, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-doubt
Noun
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Lower-income families and communities of color are disproportionately facing hardships, more likely to be facing imminent financial insecurity, including falling behind on bills or cutting back on food.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2026
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The result is a growing climate of fear about AI job insecurity.—
Nigel Melville,
The Conversation,
6 May 2026
Noun
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Celik seems attuned to such questions as a valid (if not necessarily revelatory) core for a play to circle around, but Cramer’s writing often feels caught between an exploration of comic diffidence and simply an expression of it.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
30 Mar. 2026
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As Michael, a bathroom and kitchen fixture wholesaler, Dan Donohue’s performance is riveting in its expansion from awkward diffidence to unbridled savagery while revealing his inner core.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Self-doubt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-doubt. Accessed 9 May. 2026.
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