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Recent Examples of overconfidence This often results in overconfidence, leading to overtrading, poor diversification, and all the things, usually bad, that come with that. —
Zev Fima, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026 If Garnacho’s problem is overconfidence, Gittens’ is the opposite. —Cerys Jones, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026 Wroblewski’s biggest fear is overconfidence. —John Wawrow, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026 Somehow, my burgeoning overconfidence didn’t result in grievous injuries. —Andrew Fedorov, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overconfidence
Zev Fima, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026 If Garnacho’s problem is overconfidence, Gittens’ is the opposite. —Cerys Jones, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026 Wroblewski’s biggest fear is overconfidence. —John Wawrow, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026 Somehow, my burgeoning overconfidence didn’t result in grievous injuries. —Andrew Fedorov, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for overconfidence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overconfidence
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While their energies differ, nearly all of them share the same basic drives (money, power, status) and the same fundamental flaws (greed, arrogance, selfishness).— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 10 Apr. 2026
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Their defensive style can look like arrogance or hostility.— Paul Sanchez Ruiz, The Conversation, 6 Apr. 2026
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Robert Romanus, as Damone, would scalp Ozzy Osbourne tickets to his grandmother, and yet deftly treads the tightrope between cockiness and desperation.— Gina Friedlande, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2026
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Wednesday’s briefing, for example, featured the usual Hegseth hubris, strutting, and cockiness.— Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
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Tormented by her own fears, doubted by her father’s peers, and infantilized by her older sister, Catherine (Ayo Edebiri in her Broadway debut) walks the line between self-confidence and deep distrust.— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Apr. 2026
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Demi Moore, who had just come off a seriously stylish awards season campaign for The Substance and who had spoken about all things beauty, aging and self-confidence as part of her promotion for the film, which looked at those topics through a comedic horror lens.— Nancy Mattia, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
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But after being shunned by head coach Thomas Frank, his confidence looks low, a state of mind that wasn’t helped by putting his penalty over the bar in Wales’ World Cup play-off shootout defeat by Bosnia & Herzegovina in March.— Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
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The Magic will need to continue to play with a high level of confidence Wednesday night for Game 2.— Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Apr. 2026
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Her self-assurance has kept her armored against the backlash and backhanded compliments that have surfaced in some online discourse surrounding her music.— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
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Stylist Sydnee Paige—whose credits include actress Kerry Washington, WNBA player Skylar Diggins, and comedian Ziwe—has been working with Fudd since last September and can already attest to her blooming self-assurance.— Jordan Robinson, SELF, 19 Mar. 2026
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With assurances of an immunity deal, David Wiley met with investigators at his attorney's office.— Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
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Such assurances are unlikely to quell the community’s decades-long experience with polluted runoff, however, and small farmers say that runoff could also present a food safety problem and threaten to set back years of organic farming practices.— Thomas Heaton, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026
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Ruben does little to dissuade Niall’s presumptions.— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
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Meantime, all presumption of innocence from me.— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
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“Overconfidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.grautoblog.com/thesaurus/overconfidence. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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