op·ti·mist
ˈäp-tə-mist 
: a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism
The optimists have faith that no matter how avaricious the age, literature will endure.—
Michael Norman
Michael Norman
Op·ti·mist
ˈäp-tə-mist
: a member of a major international service club
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Sarah Bush, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2025
Projected over 162 games, that’s a 94-win clip — a total that would surprise even the most wild-eyed optimists about the potential of the Giants in the first year of Buster Posey taking over as the president of baseball operations.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
On one side were those captivated by growth—the optimists who cheered on rising revenues and loved backing a winning horse.
—Shane Enete, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
But even Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives, long known as one of Tesla’s most prominent optimists on Wall Street, said that sales demand will be down 10% permanently due to Musk’s political profile.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
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Noun
What the optimists did not foresee was that power could eventually shift back.
—Sarah Bush, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2025
Projected over 162 games, that’s a 94-win clip — a total that would surprise even the most wild-eyed optimists about the potential of the Giants in the first year of Buster Posey taking over as the president of baseball operations.
—Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
On one side were those captivated by growth—the optimists who cheered on rising revenues and loved backing a winning horse.
—Shane Enete, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
But even Wedbush Securities’ Dan Ives, long known as one of Tesla’s most prominent optimists on Wall Street, said that sales demand will be down 10% permanently due to Musk’s political profile.
—Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Optimist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/optimist. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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