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as in boasting
to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess
she bragged that she was richer than anyone else in the state
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Recent Examples of bragging
Nathan Bomey, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
For those not super familiar with bird hunting, Walz was bragging.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2024
Further evidence is the fact that Amazon is bragging about, not hiding, season 2 viewership.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
By 2005, the network had grown to 100 cameras, with officials bragging that newer models could capture scenes two to three blocks away and relay feeds directly to the 911 center.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
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Tesla responded Thursday by posting a video on X bragging about the robot's capabilities in what was seen as an attempt to provide assurances that the demonstration wasn't all smoke and mirrors.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 17 Oct. 2024
For those not super familiar with bird hunting, Walz was bragging.
—Wes Siler, Outside Online, 17 Oct. 2024
Further evidence is the fact that Amazon is bragging about, not hiding, season 2 viewership.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
By 2005, the network had grown to 100 cameras, with officials bragging that newer models could capture scenes two to three blocks away and relay feeds directly to the 911 center.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bragging
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What people post on social media might be considered boastful, or celebratory depending on how an individual has been socialized.Ellen Choi, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Conversations with landlords have turned from boastful pride to cautious consideration.Allen Buchanan, Orange County Register, 26 Oct. 2024
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Digital access to wayfinding Now boasting more than 400 employees and headquartered in the outdoors mecca of Missoula, Montana, this digital map company is doing more than creating pretty pictures of the terrain.Kristin Shaw, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
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The show, which debuted in 1981 as the Gulf Computer Exhibition in a single hall at the same venue, is now on its 44th edition and this year spanned 40 halls, boasting over 6,500 exhibitors, 1,800 startups and 1,200 investors, with attendees from 180 countries.Yara Enany, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
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And with Elon Musk playing a key role in this new administration, who knows in which direction his bombastic, egotistical whims may take AI development?Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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From this noble, if admittedly egotistical goal, come gaslighting, madness, war, self-mutilation, and murder.James Grebey, Vulture, 4 Oct. 2024
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An immeasurable number of cocky children—not to mention the grown-ups—across the globe have followed suit, flashing obnoxious Muotombos at their smaller peers during all manner of basketball games.Sean Gregory, TIME, 30 Sep. 2024
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But his vocals remain forceful as well as cocky and playful across the board.Chris Willman, Variety, 11 July 2024
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The song evokes the bombastic highs and orchestral sweeps that are part of the DNA of Overwatch’s in-game music, with which fans and players are deeply familiar.Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
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The state has been a bastion of anti-Trump sentiment ever since the bombastic billionaire real estate tycoon first ventured into politics nearly a decade ago.Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Rory Kinnear steals some of the best lines as the conceited British prime minister, and Ato Essandoh, as Kate’s deputy chief, plays the ever-flustered man surrounded by extremely capable women with admirable humor, charm, and confidence.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2024
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Not to sound so conceited and absolute.Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 May 2022
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Nobody wants to be around an arrogant or disrespectful individual, in the workplace or in day-to-day life.AllBusiness, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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So Far Trump in fact as played by Stan is a mix of charming and shy, troubled and insecure, arrogant and angry, a creative dealmaker with vision, narcissitic, cruel, self-serving, at times grief stricken.Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2024
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But while the 118 is able to save both Celeste and her mother-in-law’s final resting place, a smug Trent trips and drops the vase, an appropriate punchline to a very silly cold open.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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The smug conventional wisdom has it that voters don’t care much about abstractions like democracy or the rule of law.Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2024
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“Bragging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bragging. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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