self-poise

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-poise
Noun
  • Pribula, who continues to grow as a first-year starter, has shown steady composure despite last week’s loss.
    Zach Sweet, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Technical skills can be taught, but composure, teamwork and recovery under pressure are what drive performance.
    Elan Gepner-Dales, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That’s where the state Legislature continues to defy the will of the voters who last year approved an audit of the body by 72%.
    Boston Herald editorial staff, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The brain has always been central to the most insightful thinking on warfare, whether that’s ancient China’s Sun Tzu, who prized deception and self-knowledge, or early 19th-century Prussia’s Carl von Clausewitz, for whom war was a clash of wills.
    Big Think, Big Think, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Her vitality leaves quite the impression on saxophonist Ronnie Scott (Daniel Betts), who fends off the girl’s advances even as he’s dazzled by her willpower.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
  • As far as Dragula the brand, Dragula is a monster with its own willpower and its own luck factors.
    McKinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There were three distance options -- 20, 50 and 100 kilometers -- that led riders north up in and around the Bella Vista area before bringing them back to downtown Bentonville.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2025
  • The Golden State Warriors are now a good distance above the rest of the league, thanks largely to the favorable economics of their arena.
    Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • After weeks of daily fasting and self-discipline, Ramadan will conclude with a final celebration called Eid al-Fitr, to mark the end of the holy month.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
  • So that is of course fantastic, the self-discipline and the self-motivation.
    Lori A Bashian, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Self-poise.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-poise. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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