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Recent Examples of overconfidence
On race day, mulish overconfidence fueled me through all 13 icy miles.
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Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
While 75% of companies report having a dedicated AI strategy, over 90% of business leaders rank themselves in the top tier for AI knowledge—a possible red flag indicating overconfidence in an area where precise expertise is crucial.
—Quora, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
Some critics, including those among the media and fan base, have suggested Ballard’s belief in his players is tainted by overconfidence in his own evaluations.
—James Boyd, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
That arrogance and overconfidence lead to hubris, which clouds their ability to see things clearly.
—Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
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Amy X. Wang, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
While 75% of companies report having a dedicated AI strategy, over 90% of business leaders rank themselves in the top tier for AI knowledge—a possible red flag indicating overconfidence in an area where precise expertise is crucial.
—Quora, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
Some critics, including those among the media and fan base, have suggested Ballard’s belief in his players is tainted by overconfidence in his own evaluations.
—James Boyd, The Athletic, 25 July 2024
That arrogance and overconfidence lead to hubris, which clouds their ability to see things clearly.
—Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for overconfidence
Noun
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Payton approached the quarterback vacancy with arrogance.—
Troy Renck,
The Denver Post,
21 Feb. 2025
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How narcissism and exclusion fuel one another Narcissists often display disruptive behaviors in social settings, such as aggression or arrogance, that increase the likelihood of others distancing themselves over time.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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This is the insidious nature of coercive control—a pattern of behaviors designed to strip away your independence, self-confidence and sense of reality.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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There is likely an underlying issue to tackle which is affecting the man's self-confidence.—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
18 Feb. 2025
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Season Two will find the characters having more confidence and readying themselves as a potential war becomes an increasing threat.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
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And the presence of the flotilla signals growing operational confidence of the PLA Navy, in not just sailing there but also conducting live fire exercises, as well as weapons training, Koh said.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
24 Feb. 2025
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Pairing that with a healthy dose of skepticism, graduates need the skills to investigate possible unintended consequences and to developing the self-assurance to ask the challenging questions.—
Melissa A. Wheeler,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Florence Viala, a company member since 1994, brings a flighty self-assurance to the central role of Lyubov.—
Laura Cappelle,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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Zelenskyy had warned repeatedly ahead of his trip to Washington, D.C., that, in order to reach a mineral agreement, Kyiv needed these security assurances.—
Caitlin McFall,
Fox News,
28 Feb. 2025
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Time and time again, Russia has flouted those assurances.—
John Shelton,
National Review,
28 Feb. 2025
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Instead, Laura saw a woman, a relative stranger, whose flagrant presumptions had unwittingly changed the course of her own life, or perhaps only hastened that change.—
Hannah Gold,
Harper's Magazine,
19 Feb. 2025
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And with a flood of new programming sources, along with the presumption that the crown jewel of children's educational television can be privately supported, the question is can CPB survive DOGE's ax?—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
6 Feb. 2025
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“Overconfidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overconfidence. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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