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hopeful

[hohp-fuhl] / ˈhoʊp fəl /




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The charity is hopeful in the future the treatment will become available to even more prostate cancer patients.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

"We're hopeful to be launching in the next couple of months. We're ready to go. We're just waiting for a couple last approvals," Kaity Fischer, Wayve's vice president of commercial and operations, told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

That has been really hopeful, honestly, just realizing how people can’t be labeled in the way that you might try to.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

Eclipsing that idea, though, is how much more alive and hopeful this documentary makes us feel.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

“Maybe,” Dad said, his voice growing hopeful, “I could give up cable for a year.”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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