high hopes
noun
: a strong feeling that something good will happen or be true
We had high hopes of winning the game.
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The Heat has high hopes for Jovic, too.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
Las Vegas had high hopes entering the 2025 season, as Carroll was now set to lead this new era of Raiders football.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Ivo Gut, director of the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico in Barcelona, has high hopes for an emerging technique to identify the genes within a large mass of genetic data.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
The deal led to the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and detainees and prompted high hopes that fighting would end.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 9 Nov. 2025
Las Vegas had high hopes entering the 2025 season, as Carroll was now set to lead this new era of Raiders football.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Ivo Gut, director of the Centro Nacional de Análisis Genómico in Barcelona, has high hopes for an emerging technique to identify the genes within a large mass of genetic data.
—Glenn Zorpette, IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
The deal led to the exchange of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and detainees and prompted high hopes that fighting would end.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for high hopes
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“High hopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20hopes. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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