self-possession
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Community is a word that comes up often over the course of a conversation with Heder, who has a warm manner and a quiet self-possession.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
But nothing comes across more clearly in “Queen of Chess” than Judit Polgár’s unruffled self-possession.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
It’s given me this facility, and this self-possession.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2024
Of the four, he has the most fully-formed act, is the most convincing storyteller, and seems to have the self-possession required for stand-up.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2023
“Don’t be a sap,” he gazed with cool self-possession at me, “there isn’t any war.”
From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles
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