as in self-adulatory
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Adjective
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The guard is one of the more clutch players in the league so if the game gets tight toward the end, Denver feels confident with Murray on the court.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
22 Mar. 2025 -
However, markets are confident that the FOMC will cut interest rates by June 18 giving a 78% chance that interest rates are below their current level of 4.25% to 4.5% by then according to the CME FedWatch Tool.—
Simon Moore,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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My advice for this is to be humble without losing confidence, and self-assured without crossing into overconfidence.—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
People.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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Clearly, McRae has made the most of those rare windows of downtime: So Close to What, out today, is her most self-assured—and best—record yet.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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We Americans get slandered around the world as a bunch of fat, lazy, selfish slobs.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
19 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article For every selfish motorist who blocks a fire hydrant.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
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This keeps you top of mind without coming across as self-congratulatory.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Balance enthusiasm with professionalism by showing energy without appearing desperate or overconfident.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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But human physicians can also be overconfident in their reasoning abilities, and may wrongly ignore correct diagnoses offered by patients, non-physician health workers or AI systems.—
Paul Hsieh,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Self-gratulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-gratulatory. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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