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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cockiness
Noun
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Payton approached the quarterback vacancy with arrogance.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2025 -
How narcissism and exclusion fuel one another Narcissists often display disruptive behaviors in social settings, such as aggression or arrogance, that increase the likelihood of others distancing themselves over time.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Success can breed overconfidence, leading leaders to underestimate emerging threats.—
Julian Hayes II,
Forbes,
23 Feb. 2025
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Career coach Stacey Perkins from consulting firm Korn Ferry told Newsweek that overconfidence and poor preparation often lead to rejection.—
Kristan Hawkins,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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But like lots of successful people, he’s earned his self-assurance day-by-day.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
6 Feb. 2025
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With the self-assurance of an entrepreneur and the bluff of a big-time poker player, President Donald Trump inaugurated a new and uncertain era in U.S. trade relations this week.—
Jacob Turcotte,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This is the insidious nature of coercive control—a pattern of behaviors designed to strip away your independence, self-confidence and sense of reality.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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There is likely an underlying issue to tackle which is affecting the man's self-confidence.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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To Boost Investment Confidence Behavioral finance research suggests that small, incremental investment steps can help build confidence over time.—
Odiri Oginni,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Working harder can create adaptations faster—and be a major confidence booster.—
Jennifer Heimlich,
SELF,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The assurance from Bondi that President Trump would not enforce the law was enough for Apple and Google to bring the app back.—
Bobby Allyn,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2025
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An article that year published by the Heritage Foundation — the group whose Project 2025 now appears, despite some Trump assurances to the contrary, to be driving much of his second administration’s rollout — laid out the case against the CFPB’s very existence.—
Rob Wile,
NBC News,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Cockiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cockiness. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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