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Noun
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But what unfolded in the White House on Friday was a striking departure—an unprecedented display of hostility, arrogance, and political theater that raises serious concerns about America's global leadership.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025 -
Reportedly, Tulip mastermind Charles Hegel (played with perfect measure of condescending arrogance by Josh Brener) has died in Kenya, and took with him all the necessary passwords needed to access the accounts of his many investors.—
Joe Leydon,
Variety,
28 Feb. 2025
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Then, as Venus moves into Pisces, the focus shifts from self-assertion to a deeper, more transcendent love.—
Colin Bedell,
Them,
14 Jan. 2025
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This self-assertion can also subtly influence how your manager perceives you.—
Mark Murphy,
Forbes,
26 Nov. 2024
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In the process, Harrison’s play seems to equate the natural desire to survive, to feel and to matter — to discover, to mourn, to enjoy and create — with a kind of hubris that, like global warming, will lead inevitably to extinction.—
Jesse Green,
New York Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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But, even that can be viewed as a feature, not a bug, as George and Harold’s artistic hubris is essential to the mania and meta-humor that ensues.—
James Grebey,
Vulture,
31 Jan. 2025
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The presumption is that LLMs tend to favor certain word choices, sentence structures, and linguistic patterns that differ subtly from typical human writing.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
3 Mar. 2025
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Indeed, the presumption had been that any payments to Ukraine’s allies for expenses would come from the $300 billion in Russia’s frozen assets in Western banks.—
Saleem H. Ali,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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“Disdainfulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disdainfulness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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