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
But that night she was like the little tottering, stumbling, clutching child, who of a sudden realizes its powers, and walks for the first time alone, boldly and with overconfidence.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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