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optimist

[op-tuh-mist] / ˈɒp tə mɪst /
NOUN
positive thinker
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"I was born an optimist," he told me.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

I’m enough of a cockeyed optimist to believe that exposure to different cultures, to ways of being in, looking at and talking about the world, can cure a person of prejudice.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

An optimist would say the market overreacted and now it’s time to get on with our lives.

From Barron's • Oct. 23, 2025

I’m basically an optimist, as strange as that may be.

From Slate • Oct. 15, 2025

Nevertheless, I was so starved for association with people that I allowed myself to be seduced by it all, and for a few months I lived the life of an optimist.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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