wishful

Example Sentences

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“This is not just our wishful thinking, it is what we hear from our customers.”

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

When governments and their advisers are, as matter of course, using AI to improve their decision-making, expect fewer purblind, tunnel-visioned strategic decisions based on wishful thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Or it could be some combination of bluff and wishful thinking.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

It was confusion, or maybe wishful thinking, or was it outright defiance?

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

It means wishful thinking supported by flimsy evidence.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli