bullishness

noun

as in optimism
an inclination to believe in the most favorable outcome the customary bullishness of the company's executives is more credible in light of the most recent earnings report

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Recent Examples of bullishness There’s a lot of bullishness out there from rivals and the industry that the $225M-net production could do significantly more than what’s out there. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 28 July 2026 Options in Robinhood Markets mirrored the bullishness in Coinbase. — Oliver Renick, CNBC, 21 July 2026 Still, Wood’s bullishness for SpaceX isn’t surprising given her long-standing admiration for its founder. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 July 2026 Such bullishness contributes to investor enthusiasm — enthusiasm Honeywell wants to tap by taking public its quantum computing subsidiary, Quantinuum, noted TipRanks. — Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 In a European women’s football ecosystem that still relies predominantly on the beneficence of men’s football, Kang’s bullishness to put her money where her mouth is naturally entices. — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 May 2026 Despite Sony’s bullishness on AI’s game development potential, the company stopped well short of suggesting that AI could replace game designers wholesale or make entire games from scratch. — Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
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optimism
Noun
  • Sophie Brocas, the prefect for the Gironde region, expressed some optimism that lower temperatures could help.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 30 July 2026
  • Despite the company’s optimism, the future of the mission is still in question.
    — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Definition of optimism

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