hopes 1 of 2

plural of hope

hopes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hope

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hopes
Noun
  • In the first half, Decatur thrived with a patient offense that consistently found interior scoring opportunities.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Mar. 2025
  • This panel will explore how AI is impacting jobs in screenwriting, visual effects, editing, casting, and beyond, creating opportunities for filmmakers, content creators, and tech innovators alike.
    Essence, Essence, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This season paid homage to the local culture of Thailand, and examined the role that wealthy Western patrons play in the commercialization of Buddhism and other Eastern spiritual beliefs.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • Let go of the beliefs that aren’t serving you to make way for those that will.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Agents will unlock new possibilities in contextual optimization and personalization, while copilots will ensure that campaigns remain grounded in creativity and ethics.
    Mike Villalobos, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Our minds are positively racing with possibilities.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • While the area will open initially as open space, Parks and Recreation plans to solicit feedback, a process that will inform how officials develop the park further.
    Elliott Wenzler, The Denver Post, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Following this trend, the University of Vermont plans to launch an undergraduate co-op program in fall 2025.
    Nayeli Jaramillo-Plata, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Stocked with championship experience from his days as an assistant with Milwaukee and Boston, Lee intends on doing things his way.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 22 Mar. 2025
  • When weather conditions allow, an archaeologist intends to conduct a metal detector survey of the area, seeking further discoveries.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 22 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • When asked about the team’s motivation this weekend in New England, Bills head coach Sean McDermott highlighted two main tenets.
    Joe Buscaglia, The Athletic, 3 Jan. 2025
  • If structural shifts are really at play for most goods, brands will have to reconsider several of the management tenets of the past decade.
    Stéphane JG Girod, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Parks and Recreation Another means to investing in both youth and safety, Arulampalam said, is through the city’s Department of Sports and Recreation, which operates the night gyms program the mayor launched in 2024.
    Staff report, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2025
  • That means Wiggins and Anderson will also be facing their former team on Tuesday.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The hope of deriving one set of rules, or axioms, to govern all mathematical truths was fatally undermined.
    Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • The experts then had to agree on the fundamental truths, or axioms, that were accepted as true even thought they could not be proven.
    Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Hopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hopes. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.

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