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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
Wall Street optimists in good company BofA’s research team isn’t alone in reaching for history as a rebuttal to panic.
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Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Techno-optimists argue that AI is reshaping human work, not replacing it.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Or maybe the tech optimists are right and everything is AI now.
—Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026
Tech optimists may point to the benefits screens can have for individual tutoring or supplemental materials.
—Abby McCloskey, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Divided sentiment Have Californians suddenly become economic optimists?
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
The optimists insist nothing has changed and business as usual will resume shortly.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Occasionally, optimists are right, even in the Middle East.
—Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
But even the optimists acknowledge that the longer the war goes on, the more the Gulf region’s extraordinary vulnerabilities will be exposed.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 May 2026
Techno-optimists argue that AI is reshaping human work, not replacing it.
—Jennifer Elias, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
Or maybe the tech optimists are right and everything is AI now.
—Joel Mathis, TheWeek, 20 Apr. 2026
Tech optimists may point to the benefits screens can have for individual tutoring or supplemental materials.
—Abby McCloskey, Boston Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Divided sentiment Have Californians suddenly become economic optimists?
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 3 Apr. 2026
The optimists insist nothing has changed and business as usual will resume shortly.
—Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 17 Mar. 2026
Occasionally, optimists are right, even in the Middle East.
—Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026
But even the optimists acknowledge that the longer the war goes on, the more the Gulf region’s extraordinary vulnerabilities will be exposed.
—Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for optimists
Noun
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Set during the Great Depression, this electrifying musical follows two dreamers whose desire for more leads them into legend and danger.—
Staff report,
Oc Register,
7 May 2026
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Twenty lucid dreamers, including Bark-Huss, spent multiple nights in the lab, trying to work out puzzles in their sleep.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
Noun
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But Venegas’ parents were artists above all — photographers specifically, a trade now plied by Yvonne — and as such, romantics at heart and in practice.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
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And for the hopeless romantics among us, there’s confessions of love, yearning, and unlikely lovers.—
De Elizabeth,
Glamour,
17 Mar. 2026
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