overconfidence
Example Sentences
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When the market mob is too greedy, or too afraid—and that is the essence of a huge move, up or down—options-centric investors look to buy on fear and sell on overconfidence.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 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
I’m not the kind of person who’s prone to premonitions or overconfidence, so I suspected that there was more to my flash than magical thinking.
From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman
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