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Adjective
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In…early books, Strout seemed confident that good would eventually prevail, or at least persist.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 May 2026 -
If the Leafs take Stenberg, and the Sharks want a defenseman and are confident that the Vancouver Canucks will select McKenna, maybe the two Pacific Division teams can arrange a trade.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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The 26-year-old Scott is very self-assured.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2026
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Because when volume is understood and mastered, there is no outfit that doesn’t look self-assured.—
Alex Sales,
Glamour,
8 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Ireland gained swagger and became a self-confident place that could show the world.—
Llewellyn King,
Twin Cities,
26 Feb. 2026
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Research shows that only children tend to be self-confident, well-organized, and ambitious.—
Cynthia Hanson,
Parents,
17 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Some experts say if Kim Jong Un sought to use the congress to solidify his daughter as successor, the signals would likely be subtle, such as self-congratulatory statements about North Korea’s survival and crediting that endurance to the successful inheritance of the socialist cause.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Feb. 2026
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Far too modest and deeply felt to come off as self-congratulatory, Ataei and Keshavarz’s film tells the story of two women — an avant-garde theater director and an improvisational dancer — whose friendship is as unbothered by the government as their work is defined by it.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Kym is the family fuckup and a guilty party to its biggest tragedy but also constantly pokes the bear as its selfish verbal assassin.—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
1 May 2026
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Should Booker have been more selfish?—
Doug Haller,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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“Self-adulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-adulatory. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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