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as in arrogance
an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims
only a person of unparalleled presumptuousness would assert that she knows all there is to know about words
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as in gall
shameless boldness
he found that a certain amount of presumptuousness could get you in trouble, but it could also get you into places where you normally weren't allowed
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Noun
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This silliness, the silliness of his arrogance, was actually funny to me.—
Ottessa Moshfegh,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025 -
On the dark side, however, Mercury in Leo can spark moments of arrogance and stubbornness.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
26 June 2025
Noun
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Ignoring the reason Fernandes Anderson won’t be back to join her former colleagues made for some moments of head-smacking irony and sheer gall.—
Boston Herald editorial staff,
Boston Herald,
27 June 2025
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Queen, not yet a high school upperclassman, showed some gall.—
Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Being the world's most valuable company is not a sign of permanent superiority.—
Nur Hikmah Md Ali,
CNBC,
10 July 2025
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What To Know According to a French intelligence report shared with the Associated Press, Chinese diplomats worked to publicize the downing of Rafale jets during the conflict while promoting the superiority of Chinese fighter aircraft.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
Noun
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In that study, a chemical formulation was injected into a paralyzed rat's spine before the nerve tissue was stimulated with electricity.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
6 July 2025
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Consider Otto Loewi, the German physiologist who helped prove that nerve signals are transmitted chemically.—
Chris Reed,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
Noun
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The presumption is that Wallace is the basketball guy and Tenzer is the numbers guru.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
23 June 2025
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In the past, this mattered little as states acted with a presumption of openness and minimal restrictions.—
Emily Kilcrease,
Foreign Affairs,
9 June 2025
Noun
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The shock, the horror, the unbelievable audacity of it.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
1 July 2025
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His crime: the audacity to ask a question about the coldly brutal arrests of his constituents and the unprecedented military invasion of Los Angeles.—
Julie Gonzales,
Denver Post,
16 June 2025
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“Presumptuousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/presumptuousness. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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