as in promising
having qualities which inspire hope
the economic predictions for the coming year are actually quite optimistic
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Recent Examples of optimistic
The firm said traders remain cautiously optimistic that negotiations could eventually lead to a peace agreement and reopen the Strait.
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 May 2026
The researchers who made the discovery are optimistic.
—Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 8 May 2026
Still, Attenborough is optimistic that humans can do the right thing.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
After decades, Smart’s family and the investigators working to bring her home remain cautiously optimistic.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
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Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 May 2026
The researchers who made the discovery are optimistic.
—Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 8 May 2026
Still, Attenborough is optimistic that humans can do the right thing.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 8 May 2026
After decades, Smart’s family and the investigators working to bring her home remain cautiously optimistic.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 8 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimistic
Adjective
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His breakout has been among the most promising signs for the Twins.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
9 May 2026
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Again, one expected of an assured athlete anticipating a promising NBA career.—
Jason Jones,
New York Times,
9 May 2026
Adjective
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The food is rustic and cosmopolitan at once — bright, monumental salads, whole carrots and leeks baptized by fire, skeins of pasta, and Parmigiano snowing down — but the secret is the seeming effortlessness.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Eventually, Delta switched the shuttle to one of the main terminals, and in 2021 Spirit moved into the Marine Air Terminal, bringing its bright-yellow livery and ultra-discount business model with it.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
11 May 2026
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The most hopeful is that the bilateral model proves nimbler than critics expect.—
Jesse Pines,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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A lot of the coverage of Magyar’s election, including my own, treated his victory as a hopeful harbinger, not only for Hungary but for the world.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
9 May 2026
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“Optimistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/optimistic. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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