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Recent Examples of bullish
Democrats were more bullish on both topics, with 7 in 10 saying more should be spent in both categories.
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John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Most books list second-favorite Miami at 4-to-1, though DK is slightly more bullish on the Canes.
Louisville and reigning ACC runner-up SMU have the next-best chances to upend Clemson.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Instead of retail traders chasing upside with bullish bets, more investors appear to be using puts to hedge against losses, a pattern more typical of institutional strategies.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 July 2025
But Cooper and the rest of his room are plenty bullish.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 July 2025
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John C. Moritz, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Most books list second-favorite Miami at 4-to-1, though DK is slightly more bullish on the Canes.
Louisville and reigning ACC runner-up SMU have the next-best chances to upend Clemson.
—Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 July 2025
Instead of retail traders chasing upside with bullish bets, more investors appear to be using puts to hedge against losses, a pattern more typical of institutional strategies.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 28 July 2025
But Cooper and the rest of his room are plenty bullish.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 25 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bullish
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This incident comes after her previous legal troubles, including a positive marijuana test at the 2021 U.S. Olympic trials that prevented her from competing at the Tokyo Olympics.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Aug. 2025
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Lee had a positive run along Rest Bay, hitting 67 to go 7-under-par and into third place.—
Caoimhe O'Neill,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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Blackburn is confident the state will boost warning systems soon, but said that turning the tide on land use regulations could take years.—
Bayliss Wagner,
Austin American Statesman,
1 Aug. 2025
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Yet, 60% aren't confident in their organization’s data-AI readiness to enable this outcome.—
Jesse Todd,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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Curiously, the two players who were decisive in last night’s tie, Coll and Bonmati, were the two major issues for Spain in the run-up to and during these Euros.—
Laia Cervelló Herrero,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
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That put a runner in scoring position, so Brandon Nimmo’s hit drove in what proved to be the decisive run in the game.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
23 July 2025
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YouGov/Economist also reported a decline, from 39 percent favorable and 45 percent unfavorable in January to 37 percent favorable and 51 percent unfavorable in July.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Aug. 2025
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The risk-benefit ratio of the COVID-19 vaccination remains strongly favorable.—
Armstrong Williams,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Aug. 2025
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Right now, that seems sure to be the date to mark in your calendar.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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Rina’s mother, a high school art teacher, splurged to send her daughter to a week of robotics camp one summer, but beyond that their middle-class family wasn’t sure how to pay for or expand their daughter’s mechanical interests.—
Michael Cuglietta,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Bullish.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bullish. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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