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as in hopefulness
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as in confidence
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Recent Examples of hope
Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Wood said the hope is to expand the stadium to 40,000 to 50,000 seats if the school jumps to the FBS.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
That could soon change thanks to a new bill that artists hope will remove the barriers and secrecy.
—Meghan Pryce, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
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Noun
But there’s finally a glimmer of hope in the forecast.
—Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Wood said the hope is to expand the stadium to 40,000 to 50,000 seats if the school jumps to the FBS.
—Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
Rays fans hope habitual cost-cutting will end with new ownership and an influx of capital.
—Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 1 Oct. 2025
That could soon change thanks to a new bill that artists hope will remove the barriers and secrecy.
—Meghan Pryce, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hope
Noun
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There’s a hopefulness to it, like coming back.—
Sasha Pinto,
Vogue,
6 Oct. 2025
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Your characters are constantly singing songs from a 2007-through-2010 catalogue, and there’s this undercurrent of hopefulness to all of them.—
Justin Caffier,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Chiefs are back, just as quickly as they were dismissed, and that’s in more than ways than post-game one-liners exuding some confidence after a convincing 30-17 win against the red-hot Lions.—
Sam McDowell
October 13,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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Showing confidence the whole night that the outcome wouldn’t really be in doubt, BSU went for it seven times on fourth down, converting six of those.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Oct. 2025
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Defending Education’s Nicole Neily, who was also at McMahon’s confirmation, stood next to McMahon when the secretary announced an investigation into the Maine Department of Education for keeping records from parents about student gender identity plans.—
Megan O’Matz,
ProPublica,
8 Oct. 2025
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Containment is part of a larger plan for managing a wildfire.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Ultimately, del Toro wishes to see the stop motion studio building future bridges between European and Latin American creators.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
10 Oct. 2025
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The two women hug; Davina sincerely wishes Julia well.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
10 Oct. 2025
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An 8-point jump in measures of trust on the Great Place To Work survey for those employees.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
9 Oct. 2025
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Restoring trust means delivering results, not excuses, through mandatory ethics training for all city staff to ensure accountability.—
Miami Herald Staff,
Miami Herald,
8 Oct. 2025
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Based on an idea by Bernabei, the series is written by Elena Bucaccio, Matthew Parkhill and Francesco Arlanch.—
Marta Balaga,
Variety,
12 Oct. 2025
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Construction robots are no longer a far-off idea.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Donnie Wahlberg reprises the role of Danny Reagan in Blue Bloods offshoot Boston Blue and the star is dreaming of a crossover movie.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
12 Oct. 2025
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The military campaign appeased his far-right coalition partners, who called to expand Israel’s assault on Gaza and dreamed of fully re-occupying the territory.—
Tal Shalev,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Mostly not to other faiths, the numbers show, but rather to various categories of religious unaffiliation.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
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Sharing love after tragedy In the weeks and then months after Rashaad’s death, Chinara found solace in faith and family and through the counseling urged by her mother.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Hope.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hope. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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