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As the self-promoting overseer of X, he holds outsize influence over the countries whose political and electoral discourses still—for persistent lack of better alternatives—center on the text-based platform once known to them as Twitter.

From Slate • Aug. 14, 2024

Not in a “game show host” self-promoting way.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2024

"What she was self-promoting was a different image than her father. Donald Trump is masculine, strong, and quote-unquote self made. Ivanka Trump is feminine and busy and family oriented, but professionally successful."

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2023

On Thursday, the Canadian singer seemed to have responded to a self-promoting post from Isaacson about his new biography, which featured photos of Musk and Zilis, the mother of Musk’s recently born twins.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2023

Since his arrival, his deceitful, egotistical, and self-promoting ways had rubbed a number of the manhunters the wrong way.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson