1
as in imperiousness
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as in credibility
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for authoritativeness
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Instead, choose two or three areas where your brand or institution has real credibility and focus relentlessly.—
Toby Wong,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025 -
The most stinging repute came from China, which accused the U.S. of abandoning Haiti at a dire moment after helping set up its ruling transitional presidential council, now mired in controversy and credibility issues.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
22 Apr. 2025
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Rather than focusing on the validity of Trump's executive action, the Justice Department argued that a judge in one part of the country shouldn't be able to block actions nationally.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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The manipulation of the Death Master File itself has obliterated its validity as a data source for financial and commercial institutions.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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Artificial intelligence infrastructure has emerged as the critical battleground for cloud computing dominance.—
Maribel Lopez,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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But Larson is still doing Larson things, and Victory Lane became the place of congregation for Hendrick Motorsports after his dominance in both the Xfinity Series and Cup Series races at Bristol.—
Shane Connuck,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2025
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Solskjaer felt that overconfidence bordering on arrogance might be PSG’s Achilles’ heel.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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Titan: Plunges into the chilling 2023 submersible tragedy, peeling back the layers of ambition, arrogance, and a lack of oversight that led to catastrophe.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
16 Apr. 2025
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Advocacy, messaging and partnerships must go where the influence is moving.—
Toby Wong,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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And indeed, there is an air of defiance in Sarria’s art; the street-art influence is utterly New York while also reminiscent of the art found in the streets of her native Cali.—
José Criales-Unzueta,
Vogue,
23 Apr. 2025
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The kitchen borrowed the ingredient worship of Chez Panisse, but not its reverence for simplicity; the fancy culture-mash pizza of Spago, but not its Eurocentric hauteur; the cheffy precision of the French Laundry, but not its fussy formality.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2025
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There was some explanation for his elusiveness, quite apart from the everyday hauteur of the fashion industry.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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His boisterous persona was more comical than confrontational, a hot-air balloon of strutting pomposity punctured by his family.—
Jim McKairnes,
USA TODAY,
17 Jan. 2025
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Lacking the pop cultural connection of Vox Lux, The Brutalist’s pomposity becomes unrelatable, if not repugnant.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Jan. 2025
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But is this really news—or is there at least a whiff of condescension in making a fuss about the fact that a group of women are flying without a man to keep them company?—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
13 Apr. 2025
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No matter how over-the-top her subjects were, Gottfried portrayed them without the slightest condescension or mockery.—
Arthur Lubow,
New York Times,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Authoritativeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/authoritativeness. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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