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Recent Examples of Micawber
He’s got the twinkly eye and the sly, gregarious spiritual ease of a Micawber or a Cheeryble.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
The smallest of the Micawber brood glides away in his baby carriage, because the bailiff is dragging the hallway carpet out from under the front door.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2020
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2024
The smallest of the Micawber brood glides away in his baby carriage, because the bailiff is dragging the hallway carpet out from under the front door.
—Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 16 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Micawber
Noun
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Your options aren’t only ‘cynical’ or ‘naïve’ The opposite of a cynic is a Pollyanna.—
Stav Ziv,
CNBC,
24 June 2025
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The breweries invite everyone to a celebration including the first opportunity to taste the new beer at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 18, at Pollyanna Brewing & Distilling at 106 S. Riverside Ave.—
Aurora Beacon-News,
Chicago Tribune,
6 June 2025
Noun
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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
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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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The reports of his contemporaries conjure a wild cross between Don Quixote and Don Draper.—
Merve Emre,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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Sort of like if Don Quixote was 1/10th its length and about YouTube videos instead of chivalric romances.—
Teddy Wayne
June 10,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2025
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“Micawber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Micawber. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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