Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Pollyannas
Noun
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But optimists are also right that AI has real promise.—
James Broughel,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026 -
Wall Street optimists in good company BofA’s research team isn’t alone in reaching for history as a rebuttal to panic.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Independent bookselling, rarely a way to get rich, is a meeting ground for idealists — for young people with a sense of mission, retirees embarking on a new life or middle-aged people no longer satisfied with their careers.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 May 2026
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Both a business and a calling Independent bookselling, rarely a way to get rich, is a meeting ground for idealists — for young people with a sense of mission, retirees embarking on a new life or middle-aged people no longer satisfied with their careers.—
Hillel Italie,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2026
Noun
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This is a space for artists, dreamers, romantics, and those looking to step into a slice of old-world Paris.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Architectural Digest,
29 May 2026
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While a Tudor home is full of character and embodies the whimsy dreamers are drawn to, Brutalist architecture's strength and purpose speak to those who value respect over charm.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 May 2026
Noun
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The utopians invent paradise and the dystopians invent hell.—
Tessa Solomon,
ARTnews.com,
30 Apr. 2026
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The playwright understood something about the economic reasoning of such an innovation, however, for if the futurists and techno-utopians once imagined that machines would do all of our dreary work to free us to be artists, writers, and musicians, the opposite is now the case.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This is a space for artists, dreamers, romantics, and those looking to step into a slice of old-world Paris.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Architectural Digest,
29 May 2026
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But Venegas’ parents were artists above all — photographers specifically, a trade now plied by Yvonne — and as such, romantics at heart and in practice.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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“Pollyannas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Pollyannas. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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