audacity
Example Sentences
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You almost have to admire GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen’s audacity in saying he wants to turn his company into an Amazon competitor by acquiring a firm multiples of its size.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Operating on a mixture of audacity, talent, and sheer guts, Bertei became part of the No Wave scene that existed immediately adjacent to the Punk Rock Class of 1975.
From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026
But no; half the time, corporations have the audacity to charge a service fee on top of the money they have saved by not hiring someone to do the work you, the consumer, just did.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026
She was made to feel like a "terrible person" for "having the audacity to complain", she added.
From BBC • Jan. 16, 2026
Otherwise he would not have had the audacity, the nerve, to whisper to her at the door as he left.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing audacity
"The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
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"The Odyssey" by Homer, Books 1–7
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"The Tell-Tale Heart," Vocabulary from the short story
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