as in confidence
great faith in oneself or one's abilities
for so young a pianist, he has remarkable composure and self-confidence on stage
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Recent Examples of self-confidence
The moon will renew itself in Leo on July 24, shifting your focus to your finances, values and sense of security, bringing opportunities for new income streams or a shift in your self-confidence.
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Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 July 2025
No Smoke and Mirrors, Just Strategic Thinking with a Human Dimension
So, add your own sense of humility to prediction-making—not to undermine your self-confidence, but to enrich your thinking with humanity.
—Stanley C. Middleman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
With Mercury in Leo trining Saturn in your fiery territory, your self-confidence is at an all-time high.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 27 June 2025
The seminars serve as a way to help students envision themselves as being successful and create more self-confidence.
—Irit Skulnik, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-confidence
Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 July 2025
No Smoke and Mirrors, Just Strategic Thinking with a Human Dimension
So, add your own sense of humility to prediction-making—not to undermine your self-confidence, but to enrich your thinking with humanity.
—Stanley C. Middleman, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
With Mercury in Leo trining Saturn in your fiery territory, your self-confidence is at an all-time high.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 27 June 2025
The seminars serve as a way to help students envision themselves as being successful and create more self-confidence.
—Irit Skulnik, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-confidence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-confidence
Noun
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Every decision from what’s in scope to what can be eliminated should support the core objective: enabling employee compliance teams to act with minimum friction and maximum confidence, even with the constant uncertainty of regulatory change.—
Kelvin Dickenson,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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And all this comes amid mounting pressure on the chancellor to shore up confidence in her strategy, after a series of U-turns on cuts to welfare and winter fuel payments.—
Ritika Gupta,
CNBC,
15 July 2025
Noun
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That level of assurance does not appear to be materializing at this time.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
11 July 2025
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And there is no assurance, as recent examples indicate, that DJS will even learn that a youthful offender wearing an ankle monitor is AWOL.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
11 July 2025
Noun
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This growing self-assurance is accompanied by greater willingness to switch providers: 56% of U.S. women aged 25 to 34 report being likely to change banks, compared with just 19% of women over 65.—
Carrie McCabe,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Recent realizations about your life, childhood, and more have rocked your self-assurance.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
24 June 2025
Noun
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She was eventually taken off her flight and reportedly booked a new ticket after regaining her composure, per the outlet.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
11 July 2025
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Stevens’s reflections on his years of service reveal what’s pulsing beneath his composure: the choice to look away from troubling secrets and repress personal desires.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
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“Self-confidence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/self-confidence. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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