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Recent Examples of hopefulness
But the museum also tries to balance these hard truths with a sense of hopefulness.
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Cory Turner, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
There’s a hopefulness to it, like coming back.
—Sasha Pinto, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2025
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
The piece also has this feeling of hopefulness.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Pariah has its heavy moments as well as spurts of joy and hopefulness, and the best part is no lesbian is sacrificed to further the plot.
—Quispe López, Them., 29 Aug. 2025
Their music provided a suitably self-important soundtrack as Great Recession-era artisanal hipsterdom faded into the careerist hopefulness of the latter Obama years, when Everlane minimalism supplanted lumberjack plaid.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
But almost as soon as that hopefulness returned, it was tugged away when ownership decided to slash payroll.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2025
The price cap was rolled out to equal parts skepticism and hopefulness that the policy would stave off Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
Cory Turner, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
There’s a hopefulness to it, like coming back.
—Sasha Pinto, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2025
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
The piece also has this feeling of hopefulness.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
Pariah has its heavy moments as well as spurts of joy and hopefulness, and the best part is no lesbian is sacrificed to further the plot.
—Quispe López, Them., 29 Aug. 2025
Their music provided a suitably self-important soundtrack as Great Recession-era artisanal hipsterdom faded into the careerist hopefulness of the latter Obama years, when Everlane minimalism supplanted lumberjack plaid.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2025
But almost as soon as that hopefulness returned, it was tugged away when ownership decided to slash payroll.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 12 Aug. 2025
The price cap was rolled out to equal parts skepticism and hopefulness that the policy would stave off Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hopefulness
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As Milchick, Tillman infused an unnerving cheerfulness into Lumon Industries’ macrodata refinement supervisor, a character who became increasingly central in Season 2.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
15 Sep. 2025
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Her vivacious attitude connects her with Aries (Stacey’s actual birthday is April 3) due to her fearlessness and cheerfulness in situations, no matter what is thrown at her.—
Lisa Stardust,
People.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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The state’s investigation, Bry said, gives hope to hockey parents across the country who feel stuck in a system in which corporate interests exploit families and kids’ passions for profit.—
Kenny Jacoby,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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On the East West Bank Plaza, The Broad’s olive trees will host Wish Trees for Los Angeles, a significant installation (originally presented in Santa Monica in 1996), encouraging the public to contribute their personal wishes, embodying hope and community spirit.—
Robert Lang,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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Motorola built the camera system around Sony’s LYTIA sensor to improve brightness and color accuracy.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
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Those on a budget can find simple lanterns with multiple brightness levels at low price points.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Around the same time, a rare Saturn–Neptune alignment challenges old beliefs about love and commitment, especially those shaped by idealism rather than experience.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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All the energy and idealism in that disillusioned age were on the right, as those bright young men in their supply-side neckties came flooding into Washington promising national renewal.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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Mia's courage, optimism and grace touched the lives of the entire Husky community.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Yet investors bought the dip Friday on optimism that the shutdown might end relatively soon.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Hopefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hopefulness. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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