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Recent Examples of self-congratulatory
The Jinx: Part Two initially feels too self-congratulatory, like Jarecki returned to Durst’s story solely to take another victory lap for capturing his confession on a hot mic years ago.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2024
Bored by his own circumstances as a wealthy Hollywood bigwig, Schneider’s decision to help Newton feels rather self-congratulatory, sliding into the realm of a Great White Savoir.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 May 2024
Outside China, such brash, self-congratulatory proclamations are generally disregarded or dismissed—including by American officials, who have tended to discount the appeal of Beijing’s strategy.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
There's also a self-congratulatory aspect in the first few episodes that borders on gratuitous.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2024
Bored by his own circumstances as a wealthy Hollywood bigwig, Schneider’s decision to help Newton feels rather self-congratulatory, sliding into the realm of a Great White Savoir.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 May 2024
Outside China, such brash, self-congratulatory proclamations are generally disregarded or dismissed—including by American officials, who have tended to discount the appeal of Beijing’s strategy.
—Elizabeth Economy, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
There's also a self-congratulatory aspect in the first few episodes that borders on gratuitous.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-congratulatory
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Determined and self-assured, Brown is a star, and the boys are on her heels.Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
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Tucci, meanwhile, comes off as a man who is remarkably self-assured, having developed a second career in recent years around the idea of how to live well.Esther Zuckerman, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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And once your shooter is confident, end the range session.Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024
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Brown did not immediately respond to requests for comment but shared a confident message on her social media platforms Wednesday.Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Many Democrats have abandoned hope in favor of cynicism: deciding that most of the voting public are selfish, bigoted enemies of democracy.Jamil Zaki, TIME, 23 Nov. 2024
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Critics, including former prosecutor Tommy Pope, have suggested her actions behind bars demonstrate a pattern of selfish behavior.Matt Robison, Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2024
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Republicans, with their congenitally overconfident candidate and an entire political operation premised on telling the Republican electorate that Trump’s defeat is literally impossible, have a different problem.Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Generally, men tend to be overconfident investors, whereas women generally are more risk-aware and tend to hold onto their investments, according to Green.Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 2 Nov. 2024
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So, how do good leaders operate with confidence without coming across as arrogant or self-centered?Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
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To be clear, sperm donation is, obviously, not an inherently evil or self-centered act.Mark Travers, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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Co-founder and master distiller Andy Wahl grew up in wine country, in California’s Sonoma County, and felt that the fine wines harvested in the region were pretentious and inaccessible.John Kell, Forbes, 20 Nov. 2024
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Yet Connell of all people, whose pretentious classmates use novels to seem superior, should know that the love of literature is hardly disinterested.Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2024
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The former athlete/coach-mind in me couldn’t help but cringe … is Notre Dame being too presumptuous here?Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 26 July 2024
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There have been presumptuous attempts, for example, to pin Bieber’s pill and promethazine addictions on the fallout from his two-day stay with the Bad Boy Records founder.Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2024
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In scenes together, Cooke’s arch line deliveries and holier-than-thou smirks spark against D’Arcy’s regal defensiveness and cool anger.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 16 June 2024
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Annelle-Inspired Picks The spiritual turnaround of the beauty shop’s new recruit guided our picks for her holier-than-thou shelves.Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2024
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“Self-congratulatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-congratulatory. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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