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Recent Examples of sycophancy
And this sycophancy can cause serious ramifications.
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Arianna Huffington, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
But while sycophancy is a symptom of user-model interaction, communication bias runs deeper.
—Adrian Kuenzler, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
Second is sycophancy, where AI chatbots tend to reinforce users’ existing biases rather than challenge them, creating echo chambers that amplify certainty in one’s beliefs.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Rival OpenAI has also faced problems with ChatGPT displaying sycophancy.
—PC Magazine, 20 Nov. 2025
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Arianna Huffington, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
But while sycophancy is a symptom of user-model interaction, communication bias runs deeper.
—Adrian Kuenzler, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025
Second is sycophancy, where AI chatbots tend to reinforce users’ existing biases rather than challenge them, creating echo chambers that amplify certainty in one’s beliefs.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
Rival OpenAI has also faced problems with ChatGPT displaying sycophancy.
—PC Magazine, 20 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for sycophancy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sycophancy
Noun
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According to Gaiani, drinking or using drugs before social situations is a major sign that your teen may be using alcohol to cope with fawning and to feel more comfortable or confident.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The two bonded over Crane’s adoration of the 1930s fictional detective Nero Wolfe and the formative subject of their fathers.—
Annie Vainshtein,
San Francisco Chronicle,
3 Apr. 2026
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But the highlight of the ceremony is the adoration of the cross, which in many cases is held up near the altar as the faithful line up to kiss it or touch it in reverence.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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No more climate change worship, no more division, distraction, or gender delusions.—
Rachel Marsden,
Hartford Courant,
5 Apr. 2026
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The sunrise worship is a tradition of Kindred Community Church, which keeps the large cross on the hill that is visible from the 91 Freeway near the 241 Toll Road.—
Heather McRea,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2026
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The early colonists were very much anti-idol worshippers and even modern Catholics, as Vice President Vance surely knows, have long been criticized by their Protestant counterparts for a love of statuary, reliquaries and other iconography that some have argued fall into idolatry.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
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Leo used his homily at Mass in the Monaco stadium to do just that, urging the faithful to reject the type of idolatry that has enslaved people in cycles of war and injustice.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Mar. 2026
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Each chapter discusses a specific sales element, which includes such topics as goal setting, prospecting, ingratiation and listening tactics, empathy and much more.—
Larry D. Urish,
Oc Register,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Sycophancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sycophancy. Accessed 8 Apr. 2026.
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