confidence

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If various “iterations” of Pangram produce such divergent results, why should anyone have confidence in the tool’s reliability?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He has the confidence to only dress up his new dystopia a tad, letting the scale of the oppression creep up on you when, say, an açaí bowl salesman casually asks Tereza for her papers.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

In person, she has a newfound ease and confidence that suggests her nocturnal odysseys paid off.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

Likewise, stock multiples have come down, even as many management teams have expressed confidence about earnings power and 12-month forward earnings expectations have increased since the start of the year.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The sailboat so clearly envisioned, some confidence returned.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig