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Recent Examples of Pollyanna
Stav Ziv, CNBC, 24 June 2025
But isn’t the cynical explanation also the Pollyanna one?
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
Informed hope is not a Pollyanna attitude, but balancing the realities of the situation with the positive things people are doing.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
Noun
Your options aren’t only ‘cynical’ or ‘naïve’ The opposite of a cynic is a Pollyanna.
—Stav Ziv, CNBC, 24 June 2025
But isn’t the cynical explanation also the Pollyanna one?
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
Informed hope is not a Pollyanna attitude, but balancing the realities of the situation with the positive things people are doing.
—Natalie Eilbert, Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Pollyanna
Adjective
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Variety projected the film to earn $45 million to $52 million this weekend, while Box Office Pro’s forecast was a bit more optimistic with a $45 million to $55 million second frame projection.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Turkish denim mill Isko is less optimistic about business.—
Andre Claudio,
Sourcing Journal,
1 Aug. 2025
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Eight decades in, Patti LaBelle represents the full spectrum of Black womanhood: the artist, the entrepreneur, the survivor, the family matriarch and the eternal optimist, who still believes her biggest achievements lie ahead.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
29 July 2025
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In refreshing contrast, David Corenswet's Supes is the eternal optimist; an earnest Kansas farm boy who insists on seeing the best in humanity.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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For Benge, seeing a connection to using technology and brain health as well as doing physical activity and learning new things is hopeful.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
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The film is currently in the last stages of post-production, with the team hopeful to cross the final line through partnerships made in Santiago.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
29 July 2025
Noun
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He’s got the twinkly eye and the sly, gregarious spiritual ease of a Micawber or a Cheeryble.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2024
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The smallest of the Micawber brood glides away in his baby carriage, because the bailiff is dragging the hallway carpet out from under the front door.—
Josephine Livingstone,
The New Republic,
16 Sep. 2020
Noun
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Superman has always been an idealist, and this film embraces that part of his character.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Culkin will star as Karl, a nervous young idealist who joins the staff of a high-security psychiatric Institute with good intentions, when he is assigned to care for one of its most dangerous inmates.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Helping to deconstruct stereotypes and opening doors for the next generation of Black storytellers, actors, and dreamers.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The dreamer remains a great story, a football survivor.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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This year's projections are rosier in almost every regard.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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Young workers might be cautiously optimistic about AI today, but the prognosis for human intelligence further down the line is far less rosy.—
Victoria Usher,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
Noun
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For an unrivaled romantic (or solitary) escape, Mandapa’s 23 one-bedroom pool villas exude comfort and ambience galore.—
Alexandra Kirkman,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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With so many Queen Anne and Regency buildings, this whole area screams period drama: channel your inner romantic with a visit to a historic home like Keats House (where poet John Keats lived) or Fenton House, with its picturesque walled garden.—
Emma John,
AFAR Media,
24 June 2025
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“Pollyanna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Pollyanna. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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