confident
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The recruiting team also felt confident in its ability to assess candidates’ skills.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026
"That's why I'm confident that I could miss the group stages and be out for the quarters and the semis."
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
While “Drag Race” is no longer a niche program, the art of drag remains contentious, and giving a wide release to a film like this is both confident and dicey.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2026
Woodall at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association was confident that consumer prices for beef wouldn’t change because of screwworm.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026
I wasn’t at all confident that she would pass my application on to whomever actually made the hiring decisions.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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