optimistic

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Though last year’s Final Four run ended in bitter heartbreak, Kirstie is more optimistic about UCLA’s chances this year.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026

Jung is optimistic that continued use of micro-CT technology will uncover more discoveries.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

And so for me, space is opportunity, and missions like this make me optimistic.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

Which brings me to my optimistic long-term prediction: The world will become a safer place once leaders, as a matter of course, feed their strategic ambitions and calculations through an LLM before acting on them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

I had some seed potatoes left; they looked pretty dried up, but I felt so optimistic and energetic I planted them anyway.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien