as in cheerfulness
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Over the months since its release, that tiff has settled as the focus shifted toward hope for their release after three decades in prison.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
15 July 2025 -
Executive Director, Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship at Santa Clara University, accelerating hope for a world without poverty.—
Brigit Helms,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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This is equivalent to a quadrupling of sky brightness over the duration of a human childhood (18 years).—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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The team also compared the surface brightness of TOI 1227 with models of stellar evolution.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
18 July 2025
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Simmons has to earn the job with his play after an evaluation backed by something more than idealism.—
Sam McDowell
Updated July 22,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025
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Basho resonated with the era’s romantic idealism: finding yourself on the road, rejecting society, and embracing nature with a strand of Buddhism.—
Rebecca Chace
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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The expansion of 500 Global, which has $2.3 billion in assets under management, into Abu Dhabi also comes at a time of relative optimism for venture capital investing in the Gulf.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
18 July 2025
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But self-help culture tends to treat optimism like a cure-all as if every problem is just a thought pattern waiting to be reversed.—
Ranju Kunwor,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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“Hopefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hopefulness. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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