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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

Hughes’ script supplies Andie with a fount of vivacious wit and self-assurance, which is what makes watching her dull her shine as the film progresses so confounding.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 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

She was dressed in bright red from the top of her elaborate turban to the tips of her polished fingernails, and an air of regal self-assurance seemed to travel with her.

From "Forged by Fire" by Sharon M. Draper




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