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Recent Examples of self-congratulatory
Further, self-congratulatory crowing aside, the truth is that most low-income seniors already do not pay taxes on their Social Security benefits.
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Amber Gray-Fenner, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
That’s far more than hollow audit committee charters, toothless assurance models and self-congratulatory periodic reporting.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
This presumes the candidate already delivers quality work, inadvertently steering them toward giving a self-congratulatory response.
—Shiran Danoch, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
President Donald Trump delivered a Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday that combined solemn tributes with pointed political remarks and self-congratulatory rhetoric, in a speech that diverged from the traditional tone of presidential remembrance.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 26 May 2025
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Amber Gray-Fenner, Forbes.com, 7 July 2025
That’s far more than hollow audit committee charters, toothless assurance models and self-congratulatory periodic reporting.
—Noah Barsky, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
This presumes the candidate already delivers quality work, inadvertently steering them toward giving a self-congratulatory response.
—Shiran Danoch, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
President Donald Trump delivered a Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday that combined solemn tributes with pointed political remarks and self-congratulatory rhetoric, in a speech that diverged from the traditional tone of presidential remembrance.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-congratulatory
Adjective
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Protecting their peace and remaining self-assured has become a priority.—
Essence,
Essence,
28 Aug. 2025
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Shayla is the affluent love interest of Steven in season 1, who is self-assured and poised.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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The output looks confident: charts, scenarios, and a familiar set of options.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Despite the unfinished look, the Hornets and city leaders are looking forward to the results and remain confident the work will get finished on time.—
Chase Jordan
August 25,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The referee agreed with Warner’s claimed mitigation factors of remorse, an absence of dishonest or selfish motive, cooperating with the proceedings and dealing with personal or emotional problems.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Aug. 2025
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Dark warnings from the United States about the risks of dependence on China will ring hollow to countries that are all too aware of how willing the United States is to weaponize interdependence for its own selfish purposes.—
HENRY FARRELL,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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There are the clever visual gags allowed by animation, like characters who quite literally shoot daggers at one another while locked in a glaring match; there are many jokes at the imperious, overconfident Marioneta’s expense.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
17 Aug. 2025
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In some of the deaths, overconfident tourists have ventured off-trail, or gotten lost in steep, technical terrain, without proper experience or equipment.—
Owen Clarke,
Outside Online,
16 Aug. 2025
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People are becoming more self-centered, and as a result, excluding the other, otherness.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Aug. 2025
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To Tess, her daughter is self-centered, ungrateful and way too loud.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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Kirk Lazarus is a prestigious, pretentious actor who decides to go full method — to put it mildly — in portraying a Black soldier.—
Declan Gallagher,
EW.com,
16 Aug. 2025
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Though Dirty Dom’s in-ring debut began in 2020, the pretentious son of Rey Mysterio Jr. inherited his slick ways from iconic WWE superstar Eddie Guerrero.—
Carl Lamarre,
Billboard,
7 Aug. 2025
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Going to say that’s a little bit presumptuous, Netflix.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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From rowdy behavior to overcrowding, tourists have earned a bad rap from locals – with Americans often seen as some of the loudest and presumptuous ones – but a new survey reveals whether Europeans actually agree.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
Adjective
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After all, Bill can be a buzzkill, and the Hills’ other neighbors, such as the conspiratorial Dale Gribble across the alley and the holier-than-thou Minh and Kahn Souphanousinphone next door, are flawed too.—
Adrienne Matei,
The Atlantic,
13 Aug. 2025
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And Velia Martínez, who played the Spanish-speaking, holier-than-thou grandmother set in her ways, was born in Tampa, fluent in English and a longtime actress in Mexico and Cuba.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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