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optimists
Noun
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Those who give themselves an 8 or higher on the question about the future are categorized as optimists.—
Linley Sanders,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026 -
If the skeptics hadn’t outnumbered the optimists by many miles, there’s no way Rockefeller could have pieced together what became Standard Oil.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Woolgatherers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woolgatherers. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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