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as in opportunities
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as in wishes
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as in beliefs
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Recent Examples of hopes
Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
Fraser hopes against hope that this whole debacle will increase their tip, however meagerly.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hopes
Noun
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While the power opportunities are bright, the current earnings reports are much more dour as the oil sector slogs along with weakened activity.—
Jordan Blum,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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More patents are filed in states with more H-1B visa holders, which can lead to the creation of more businesses and, in turn, job opportunities.—
Ben Zweig,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some religious leaders have said the fact that Kirk's political agenda was driven by his Biblical beliefs meant he was killed for his faith and amounted to an attack on Christianity.—
Taylor Seely,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Arbitrary rulemaking and punishments, absurdism and fringe beliefs are part and parcel of Lanthimos’ storytelling.—
Thomas Page,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There’s a part of me that wishes everyone could experience the joy that is living in a place like Lanier, even for a moment.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Ticketmaster will require that every account that wishes to post tickets for resale have a unique taxpayer identification number.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Also, color-wise, this phone doesn’t give you many possibilities.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Oct. 2025
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Detecting cancer at an early stage expands treatment possibilities and improves the chances of successful outcomes.—
Teresa Maalouf,
Verywell Health,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In practice, though, Airbnb’s offerings remain quite opaque, and driven by algorithmic recommendations that try to anticipate the user’s desires.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
22 Oct. 2025
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As companies make big investments across the globe to fulfill consumers’ desires for flying vehicles that are financially accessible, regulating agencies are issuing guidance for the new form of air travel, CNBC reported.—
Sam Gillette,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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But Safdie has applied that signature aesthetic to a story of much grander scope, of an American misfit who dreams big.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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Hothead dreams neither of lesbian supremacy nor of assimilation but of a radical fluidity.—
Jo Livingstone,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Of the respondents, 30% said having a conversation about family health history had never crossed their minds and 20% said their families don't talk about health openly.—
Renée Onque,
CNBC,
26 Oct. 2025
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If Barack Obama had done this, Republicans would be losing their minds.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Increment 4 program, which aims to equip smaller, faster vehicles with scalable turrets capable of tackling a range of threats.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Oct. 2025
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This latest agreement—which includes the United Talent Agency (UTA), Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and the Association of Talent Agents—aims to create some urgency around the issue.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Hopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hopes. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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