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Recent Examples of overconfidence
The moment of overconfidence brought his two competitors back into play until Faizan — last year’s runner-up — spelled back-to-back words correctly.
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Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 30 May 2025
The paternalistic overconfidence of Armstrong’s tech bros delivers the bulk of both the dark humor and the sobering cultural relevance in Mountainhead.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Past success can create a dangerous form of overconfidence.
—Roy Ward, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Cognitive biases—such as overconfidence or the tendency to overlook low-probability events—can cloud judgment and lead to poor risk management.
—Trent Hoerr, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
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Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 30 May 2025
The paternalistic overconfidence of Armstrong’s tech bros delivers the bulk of both the dark humor and the sobering cultural relevance in Mountainhead.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
Past success can create a dangerous form of overconfidence.
—Roy Ward, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Cognitive biases—such as overconfidence or the tendency to overlook low-probability events—can cloud judgment and lead to poor risk management.
—Trent Hoerr, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for overconfidence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overconfidence
Noun
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Putin’s arrogance in wanting total Ukrainian surrender could prove his downfall, if only Trump sticks to his position.—
Daniel Fried,
Time,
15 July 2025
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The arrogance wasn’t hers alone; many people have tried to assign the Tully monster a place in the tree of life since it was first discovered 70 years ago.—
Cody Cottier,
Discover Magazine,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Research indicates, for instance, that nostalgia provides a bevy of psychological benefits, increasing an individual’s sense of satisfaction, self-confidence, and social connection, all while staving off their feelings of isolation and loneliness.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
11 July 2025
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Enduring the heat in New Orleans calls for layers, patterns, and prints that evoke self-confidence.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
7 July 2025
Noun
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Every decision from what’s in scope to what can be eliminated should support the core objective: enabling employee compliance teams to act with minimum friction and maximum confidence, even with the constant uncertainty of regulatory change.—
Kelvin Dickenson,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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And all this comes amid mounting pressure on the chancellor to shore up confidence in her strategy, after a series of U-turns on cuts to welfare and winter fuel payments.—
Ritika Gupta,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
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This growing self-assurance is accompanied by greater willingness to switch providers: 56% of U.S. women aged 25 to 34 report being likely to change banks, compared with just 19% of women over 65.—
Carrie McCabe,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Recent realizations about your life, childhood, and more have rocked your self-assurance.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
24 June 2025
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And there is no assurance, as recent examples indicate, that DJS will even learn that a youthful offender wearing an ankle monitor is AWOL.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
11 July 2025
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That level of assurance does not appear to be materializing at this time.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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The latter requires evidence, a burden of proof, and a presumption of innocence, while the former often conflates an accusation with a conviction.—
Lauryn Overhultz , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
14 July 2025
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Yet acknowledging that Caillebotte painted men — overwhelmingly, repeatedly and with intimacy — is not presumption.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2025
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“Overconfidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overconfidence. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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