certitude

Example Sentences

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But we live in an era when instantaneous certitude about everything, an iron conviction in subjective judgment in the face of objective uncertainty, is the only guarantee of a hearing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

America, you’re a big, boisterous nation of more than 342 million people, with all sorts of competing impulses and interests, and no end of certitude to go around.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2025

We can never actually achieve total certitude about the shapes climate change will take, nor do we need to arrive at certitude to take action.

From Salon • May 1, 2025

I think real historians look at the judiciary with shock to see that we think history has such certitude.

From Slate • May 14, 2024

“Oh, you’ve changed,” he said with a certitude that she instinctively disliked.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie