sureness

noun

Definition of surenessnext
1
as in certainty
a state of mind in which one is free from doubt unfortunately, he lacked the sureness of his opponent in the tennis match

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2
as in reliability
worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence investors in those risky foreign enterprises were gambling on the sureness of their instincts

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Recent Examples of sureness Both of them remember a collaborator who made up for his inexperience with a calm sense of sureness. — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sureness
  1. certainty
  2. reliability
  3. assurance
  4. confidence
  5. conviction
  6. satisfaction
Noun
  • The move also aims to provide greater certainty around component supply and pricing for future vehicle programs.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 July 2026
  • On a website description of a Clear Creek rafting trip, one major rafting company has included a section describing the current lack of certainty around flows this year and suggested a trip elsewhere.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 16 July 2026
Definition of certainty
Noun
  • Instead, the company emphasized consistent autonomous performance, fleet management, and long-duration reliability as key milestones toward commercial deployment.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 15 July 2026
  • Tarun Pathak, research director at Counterpoint Research, said the model's performance on lengthy prompts, battery consumption during multitasking and reliability across millions of requests will be critical.
    — MacKenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 14 July 2026
Definition of reliability
Noun
  • Before Chinese refining capacity picks up again, the government will want assurances that crude is flowing through the strait unimpeded, Kaneva predicted.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • The verbal assurance of a license commitment was vague, with several key details left unaddressed.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 8 July 2026
Definition of assurance
Noun
  • One is that only a small fraction of study participants had been tracked for a full decade, so there's less confidence in the 10-year risk estimate than the five-year risk estimate.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 July 2026
  • Lobster that needs little more than heat, butter, garlic, and confidence.
    — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Definition of confidence
Noun
  • The breakout after a volatile stretch that saw the stock swing from deep drawdown to sharp rallies is showing that buyers have stepped back with conviction.
    — Tony Zhang, CNBC, 15 July 2026
  • King’s attorney Bill Mason said after the mistrial that the defense had been confident there would not be a conviction.
    — Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
Definition of conviction
Noun
  • Szall will receive a $5,700 prize for her design — and the satisfaction of knowing her work is now a piece of Atlanta history.
    — Staff, AJC.com, 4 July 2026
  • The satisfaction comes less from appearance and more from seeing something so distant directly with your own eyes.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of satisfaction

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