as in self-adulatory
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Adjective
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Good teams feel confident regardless of the day’s starting pitcher.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
3 Apr. 2025 -
Jean looked confident and composed in dispatching the much more experienced Berkhamov.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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My advice for this is to be humble without losing confidence, and self-assured without crossing into overconfidence.—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
People.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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Clearly, McRae has made the most of those rare windows of downtime: So Close to What, out today, is her most self-assured—and best—record yet.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Bad guys are selfish, greedy, and prone to speeches.—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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But the use of performance enhancing substances by professional athletes is also a selfish act.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But teenager Mirra Andreeva has made a habit of giving herself a self-congratulatory pat on the back after recent victories, her latest coming at Indian Wells on Sunday.—
George Ramsay,
CNN,
17 Mar. 2025
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This keeps you top of mind without coming across as self-congratulatory.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The tiresome, overconfident Musk finished second (29.3 percent), while an endless, if barely audible, drumbeat for Meghan Markle’s new lifestyle series was enough to earn the duchess third place (12.7 percent).—
airmail.news,
airmail.news,
8 Mar. 2025
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Balance enthusiasm with professionalism by showing energy without appearing desperate or overconfident.—
Caroline Castrillon,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Self-gratulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-gratulatory. Accessed 7 Apr. 2025.
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