1
as in certainty
a state of mind in which one is free from doubt
unfortunately, he lacked the sureness of his opponent in the tennis match
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as in reliability
worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence
investors in those risky foreign enterprises were gambling on the sureness of their instincts
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Recent Examples of sureness
Both of them remember a collaborator who made up for his inexperience with a calm sense of sureness.
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Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sureness
Noun
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Kouoh privileged sensitivity over certainty, creating spaces that felt genuinely alive and insistently representative of the world around us.—
Thomas Rom,
ARTnews.com,
8 June 2026
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The legislation was meant to refine details of procedural matters and bring greater certainty, the authorities said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 June 2026
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The chemistry has therefore emerged as a promising option for large-scale energy storage, where cost, resource availability, and operational reliability are critical factors.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
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Its value depends on a combination of its performance on various benchmarks, reliability, latency, context length, integration into business systems, and the skill of the operator.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
Noun
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Bluesky also introduced age assurance checks to keep under-16s off its platform, according to Australia's eSafety Commissioner.—
Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
6 June 2026
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Menšík, now 20, is 6 feet 5 inches with an imposing frame and pale blue eyes, and moves with a low-key self assurance that he is destined for big things.—
Charlie Eccleshare,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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The confidence was already rubbing off.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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If confidence, dogmatic beliefs, and undeniable talent were elixirs of life, Frank Lloyd Wright would be alive today, celebrating what would have been his 159th birthday.—
Katherine McLaughlin,
Architectural Digest,
8 June 2026
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At the time of the crash, Alexander’s license had been revoked since March 2021 after a drunken driving conviction in Wisconsin, according to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
9 June 2026
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Dan has been a beacon of sanity in Congress for Democrats — a person with deep convictions and powerful ethics — giving him credibility on the hardest international issues of the day.—
Joel Rubin,
New York Daily News,
9 June 2026
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Build a predictable referral engine using ChatGPT by first checking in with happy customers to ensure satisfaction and open the door for requests.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2026
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The Breadwinner is aiming to recapture the satisfaction of going to see a three-out-of-five-star movie, offering decent laughs in an inoffensive package.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Sureness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sureness. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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