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self-assurance

[self-uh-shoor-uhns, self-] / ˈsɛlf əˈʃʊər əns, ˌsɛlf- /
NOUN
confidence
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Among the café-table clichés that experts and geopoliticians string together with astonishing self-assurance, one is particularly striking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Hegseth flippantly employed villainous colloquialism – “they are toast and they know it,” “we play for keeps,” and “President Trump got the last laugh” – delivered with a combative tone that communicated masculine self-assurance.

From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026

It was a look of authority and self-assurance that even the Hollywood crowd that attended the games respected and admired.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

That said, you have self-assurance and agency and, at 55, it’s good to flex those muscles.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 27, 2025

And the idea of remaining in a poor agrarian setting, in any capacity, was anathema to a child with such prodigious talents and cocky self-assurance.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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