as in gall
shameless boldness
I can't believe she had the audacity to tell me to shut up!
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Recent Examples of audacity
Defensive line coach Andre Patterson actually had the audacity during an early December interview to blame the secondary for the team’s horrific run defense while skirting blame for the line.
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Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2025
Federal guidelines call for a prison term of as much as 30 years, and the Probation Department has recommended a sentence of 12 years, a huge reduction from the guidelines considering the audacity of his crimes.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2025
Rounding out this season’s international feature faves are two films with little to connect them other than the audacity of their directors.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Jan. 2025
The Olympics opening ceremony shined with best of Paris and France, but failed as TV: Often enough the grandeur, audacity and nuttiness of the opening ceremony shone through onscreen, but commentary, cutaways and commercials fragmented the experience this time, our critic writes.
—Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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Our study also identified other risks, including low blood pressure, sleep problems, headaches, formation of kidney stones, and gall bladder disease and diseases associated with the bile ducts.—
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Coordinators have rarely had the gall to try to run it in those spots, but the Lions did and scored.—
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Luckily, the Burlington eased my nerves from doing further damage.—
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The charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent are at alarmingly high levels, and Ginger Minj as Catherine the Great riding a toy horse?—
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Payton approached the quarterback vacancy with arrogance.—
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How narcissism and exclusion fuel one another Narcissists often display disruptive behaviors in social settings, such as aggression or arrogance, that increase the likelihood of others distancing themselves over time.—
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In the beginning, many scoffed at the temerity of a peanut farmer and one-term governor running for the highest office in the land.—
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The simple truth is that the DOJ is always on the warpath against businesses possessing the temerity to not just meet the needs of consumers, but lead them.—
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“Audacity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/audacity. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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