overconfidence

Example Sentences

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When the market mob is too greedy, or too afraid—and that is the essence of a huge move, up or down—options-centric investors look to buy on fear and sell on overconfidence.

From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026

The report concluded: "There were deviations from policy and practice, overconfidence in the ability to recruit at scale and lack of resources in vetting increased risk."

From BBC • Jan. 7, 2026

New Year’s resolutions may be the most widespread behavioral experiment ever attempted—a great unsupervised trial in overconfidence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025

The main pluses humans have going for them are their overconfidence and yearning to manipulate anything and anyone they can for their own ends.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025

It was an error of a commander’s overconfidence, small in history, large in the lives of those men.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver