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audacious

[aw-dey-shuhs] / ɔˈdeɪ ʃəs /




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“He studied the face in front of him, this audacious and obviously talented twenty-six-year-old with the jarring ability to be vicious and charming in the same breath.”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 24, 2026

Under slightly different circumstances, it’s a storyline that could belong to her “Shrinking” character, Gaby Evans, a therapist who brings her sunny demeanor, audacious sense of humor and enviable stores of energy into every room.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 10, 2026

With a manoeuvre as audacious as it was inspired, Robson-Kanu flummoxed three surrounding Belgian defenders with a Cruyff-turn before finishing supremely beyond Thibaut Courtois.

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Taylor Farms quickly issued an audacious statement: “Today, FDA apologized to us,” which is not what the agency did.

From Slate Jul. 22, 2026

Dean rejected this audacious plan, in part because he was unconvinced that a second lab was needed at all, much less on Teller’s megalomaniacal scale.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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