as in self-gratulatory
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Adjective
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Brother Rice coach Sean McBride felt confident giving Sheehan the ball.—
Steve Millar,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025 -
Currently, the scientist can't be totally confident that these spikes are connected to supernovas.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 June 2025
Adjective
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Dressed in jeans, a simple white tank top and some Birkenstocks, Carmichael appears more self-assured than ever.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
23 May 2025
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Played masterfully by Simone, Keisha is self-assured and determined.—
Ebonie Walker,
Refinery29,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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That’s far more than hollow audit committee charters, toothless assurance models and self-congratulatory periodic reporting.—
Noah Barsky,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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This presumes the candidate already delivers quality work, inadvertently steering them toward giving a self-congratulatory response.—
Shiran Danoch,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
Adjective
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In the late 1800s, two child psychologists coined the term only child syndrome to describe the negative traits that their research showed only children often possess, including being spoiled, selfish, maladjusted, and anti-social.—
Liz Hammond,
Vogue,
11 June 2025
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What if the very structure of our success makes having children feel like a selfish, impossible luxury?—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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“Self-adulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-adulatory. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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