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Recent Examples of self-congratulatory
But a self-congratulatory tone was adopted after announcing a 90-day pause on the reciprocal tariffs.
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Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Loomer also took credit for planting the idea of Haugh’s ouster and that of NSA Deputy Director Wendy Noble in one of many self-congratulatory social media posts.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
But teenager Mirra Andreeva has made a habit of giving herself a self-congratulatory pat on the back after recent victories, her latest coming at Indian Wells on Sunday.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
This keeps you top of mind without coming across as self-congratulatory.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Time, 10 Apr. 2025
Loomer also took credit for planting the idea of Haugh’s ouster and that of NSA Deputy Director Wendy Noble in one of many self-congratulatory social media posts.
—Josh Meyer, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
But teenager Mirra Andreeva has made a habit of giving herself a self-congratulatory pat on the back after recent victories, her latest coming at Indian Wells on Sunday.
—George Ramsay, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
This keeps you top of mind without coming across as self-congratulatory.
—Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-congratulatory
Adjective
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Such perspectives make Wax’s Izzy a multi-layered and often contradictory character: self-assured, yet also self-doubting; brazen, yet guilty; fearless, yet also fearful.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
13 June 2025
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Dressed in jeans, a simple white tank top and some Birkenstocks, Carmichael appears more self-assured than ever.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
23 May 2025
Adjective
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And for those stunning backless dresses that demand a bra-free look, nipple covers are your secret weapon for confident coverage.—
Caitlyn Martyn
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FOXNews.com,
8 July 2025
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But whether the team would be confident elevating an interim replacement the way the Nats did with assistant GM Mike DeBartolo is not known.—
Ken Rosenthal,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Her larger-than-life ego and past as a shaman make Player 044 come off as arrogant and selfish, getting under just about everyone's skin.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
4 July 2025
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While the Great Lakes tunnel has been pitched as a safer option than leaving Line 5 alone without secondary containment, Gravelle said that's a narrow and selfish view.—
Caitlin Looby,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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Leaders became overconfident after the (long-overdue) assassination of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan and the successful campaign against ISIS a few years later.—
Newsweek,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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The Apple study's revelation that AI reasoning models fail when faced with true complexity mirrors how overconfident individuals often struggle with genuinely challenging problems while maintaining their persuasive veneer.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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To Tess, her daughter is self-centered, ungrateful and way too loud.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
12 July 2025
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To do so would not only be quixotic but appear selfish and self-centered to the hundreds of employees who would lose their jobs, the researchers who would lose their funding, and the hundreds of students who could lose financial aid or have their visas withheld.—
Joe Kottke,
NBC news,
27 June 2025
Adjective
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Sitting in a room full of pretentious ex-friends and mentally eviscerating them all is a universal human experience.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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And a slightly surreal, fantastical closing scene is puzzling and pretentious rather than provocative.—
Stephen Farber,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
Adjective
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The former athlete/coach-mind in me couldn’t help but cringe…is ND being too presumptuous here?—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
23 July 2024
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Well, living in the present tense is perhaps being a bit presumptuous for Felicity, but which sister murdered whom and is now impersonating them is for Charlie to sort out.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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And Velia Martínez, who played the Spanish-speaking, holier-than-thou grandmother set in her ways, was born in Tampa, fluent in English and a longtime actress in Mexico and Cuba.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
8 July 2025
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Unlike baseball, with some of its holier-than-thou decisions with its Hall of Fame, the Basketball Hall of Fame largely looks at career on-court achievements.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Self-congratulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-congratulatory. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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