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a person who usually expects good things to happen
You have to be a bit of an optimist to start a business. Somehow he remained an optimist despite all that had happened to him.
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Recent Examples of optimists
Artificial intelligence—a productivity-maximizing tool to some and an untamable threat to others—has asked similar questions of the social contract in the 21st century, and the optimists appear to be winning the day.
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Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
On Tuesday night, Bader led off for one of the best teams in baseball, an audacious idea at the time of the trade for even the biggest optimists in the room.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
But, for the optimists, the renewal is more pronounced these days.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
From the Pacific to the Caribbean, from Africa to Latin America, young and stubborn optimists found each other—people who refused to believe that powerful nations should have the final word on how the world responds to the climate crisis.
—Cynthia Houniuhi, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
On Tuesday night, Bader led off for one of the best teams in baseball, an audacious idea at the time of the trade for even the biggest optimists in the room.
—Matt Gelb, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
But, for the optimists, the renewal is more pronounced these days.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 16 Aug. 2025
From the Pacific to the Caribbean, from Africa to Latin America, young and stubborn optimists found each other—people who refused to believe that powerful nations should have the final word on how the world responds to the climate crisis.
—Cynthia Houniuhi, Time, 4 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimists
Noun
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The bubble-ists think that the Coreweave people are hopeless dreamers at best and shysters at worst.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
28 Sep. 2025
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From vengeful resurrections to satanic rituals, shoplifters waging war on capitalism to secret cults, shadow selves to harrowing births, these genre-defying films crown the Dolls as auteurs, protagonists, dreamers, and disruptors.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2025
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And though the premise might sound eccentric, several of the hopeful romantics tell The Denver Post that the unique environment produces these unique outcomes.—
Tiney Ricciardi,
Denver Post,
29 Sep. 2025
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Since then, the song has been yearned for by hopeless romantics on TikTok, with videos featuring the song racking up millions of views, similar to the ones Iris posted herself.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
27 Sep. 2025
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