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Adjective
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Creating pieces that make women feel comfortable and confident through every stage of motherhood has always been at the core of Bumpsuit.—
Angela Velasquez,
Footwear News,
14 May 2026 -
Silver benefits from both ‘risk-on’ and ‘risk-off’ environments ‘Risk-on’ describes markets where investors feel confident and chase growth.—
Sharon Wu,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
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Her perspective on pop, politics, and everything in between has remained consistently direct and self-assured.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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The 26-year-old Scott is very self-assured.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
Adjective
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First, Gibson is a self-confident if nerdy music therapist — and a wannabe pop composer — as George.—
Christopher Smith,
Oc Register,
9 May 2026
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Ireland gained swagger and became a self-confident place that could show the world.—
Llewellyn King,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
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But really, that's pretty selfish.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
15 May 2026
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Artists can be complicated, selfish people, and substance abuse exacerbates these traits for many of them.—
Luis Parrales,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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The mood was celebratory and a bit self-congratulatory.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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Some experts say if Kim Jong Un sought to use the congress to solidify his daughter as successor, the signals would likely be subtle, such as self-congratulatory statements about North Korea’s survival and crediting that endurance to the successful inheritance of the socialist cause.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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The person could become supremely overconfident, despite not having the wherewithal to back it up.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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Vaccine discussions continue to be distorted by bad-faith actors and overconfident non-clinicians.—
Adam Goodcoff,
STAT,
13 May 2026
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“Self-gratulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-gratulatory. Accessed 19 May. 2026.
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