as in self-gratulatory
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Adjective
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Leithauser left Dessner’s studio confident that This Side of the Island was ready to be released.—
Frank DiGiacomo,
Billboard,
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Coming off the back of a 7-1 win against PSV in the Champions League, Arsenal would have felt confident beating its traditional rival United, which has continued to struggle this season.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Clearly, McRae has made the most of those rare windows of downtime: So Close to What, out today, is her most self-assured—and best—record yet.—
Liam Hess,
Vogue,
21 Feb. 2025
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The difference is Epstein was self-assured enough to publicly admit some of his mistakes.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This keeps you top of mind without coming across as self-congratulatory.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Normally, Davos is a hotbed of planners and self-congratulatory humanitarians who dream up utopian schemes that then can be imposed from the top down by governments.—
John Fund,
National Review,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Just his demeanor, the way he was still connected with us, not really playing selfish in any way.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
8 Mar. 2025
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Raq is a master manipulator who claims to value loyalty above all else, especially from her henchmen brothers Marvin (London Brown) and Lou (Malcolm Mays) and her only son, yet constantly destabilizes the three of them with selfish mind games and power plays that genuinely harm them.—
Robyn Bahr,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Self-adulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-adulatory. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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