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Recent Examples of Synonyms for positivists
Noun
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This reality is so sobering that even staunch climate optimists have had to adjust.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
10 Nov. 2025 -
The path to Level 5 autonomous driving has turned out to be a much longer and bumpy one than the optimists once hoped.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At least there were idealists who dreamed such fancies, and their dreams were the pretext for creating this nation.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
23 Nov. 2025
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Some idealists set out to build a new community from scratch.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Nov. 2025
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“Positivists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/positivists. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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