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optimist

[op-tuh-mist] / ˈɒp tə mɪst /
NOUN
positive thinker
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Though some might think of Wile E. as a villain just trying to kill and eat the Roadrunner, Green considers him an eternal optimist.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

Ever the optimist, Byford touts the quality of Chakrabarti’s design and Cipriano’s financial plans.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

Ever the optimist, Huang has used his presentations—to investors and developers—to push back on the bear case.

From Barron's May 22, 2026

"I was born an optimist," he told me.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

I said, “Mr. Mahaltra, are you an optimist or a pessimist?”

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer

Hopefully, I don’t sound as naive as those early internet optimists, who thought new shifts would usher in a golden age of humanity.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

"Tearing our hair out and burying ourselves in the ground -- that's not our way. We are optimists," Vadym, who declined to give his surname, told AFP.

From Barron's Aug. 20, 2026

One difference that AI optimists point to is that price/earnings ratios for the hottest stocks back then were loftier than the likes of very profitable Nvidia, Alphabet or Microsoft today.

From The Wall Street Journal May 8, 2026

The short answer is more than even the optimists dared hope for.

From BBC Apr. 7, 2026

They were started by door-to-door salesmen, short-order cooks, orphans, and dropouts, by eternal optimists looking for a piece of the next big thing.

From "Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal" by Eric Schlosser




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