arrogance
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Steve Jobs had a reputation for arrogance when he was forced out of Apple in 1985.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
The smugness, arrogance and hubris in this city is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
From MarketWatch • May 15, 2026
“And it worked in some ways,” he says, without a trace of arrogance.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
"I think it would be the height of arrogance for me to tell somebody else what to do," he said.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
The “control of nature” is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and philosophy, when it was supposed that nature exists for the convenience of man.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Vocabulary lists containing arrogance
The Westing Game
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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Thirteen Reasons Why
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