overconfidence
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Warsh’s distaste for overconfidence in models and technocratic expertise has also held throughout his career.
From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026
The episode taught him to take profits and avoid overconfidence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
The main pluses humans have going for them are their overconfidence and yearning to manipulate anything and anyone they can for their own ends.
From Salon • Sep. 24, 2025
The only blot was a touch of overconfidence for his dismissal, falling to Abhishek after striking back-to-back boundaries off the left-arm spinner.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2025
But that night she was like the little tottering, stumbling, clutching child, who of a sudden realizes its powers, and walks for the first time alone, boldly and with overconfidence.
From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin
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