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Noun
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The pair took the hotel into a second Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1989, which Crawford, ever the optimist, referred to as a Chapter 22, Isenberg said.—
Aldo Svaldi,
The Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2025 -
Van der Lugt thinks the pessimist’s is more motivating and sees a danger in the optimist’s, because if things look so generally bright, why should anyone get off the couch?—
Gal Beckerman,
The Atlantic,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In another message, Kwiatkowski sounded a more optimistic note.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2025
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Baek’s proof has yet to undergo thorough peer review, but initial passes from mathematicians who know Baek and the moving sofa problem seem optimistic.—
Jack Murtagh,
Scientific American,
4 Feb. 2025
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The First Lady remained a champion of Baroni’s approach, but most of the President’s Ivy League advisors deemed him a sentimental idealist with an exaggerated view of the people’s potential.—
Harry Boyte and Trygve Throntveit,
TIME,
4 Jan. 2025
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Mills, the younger cop played by Pitt, is an idealist who refers to himself as Serpico (a nod to another of the film’s clear influences, Sidney Lumet) and takes his role cleaning up the streets seriously.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This is creating space for a new and positive transformation.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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An additional positive indicator, according to Lester, is the absorption of office space in Nashville.—
Molly Davis,
The Tennessean,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The news for the Red Sox is not nearly as cheerful, however, Despite the acquisitions of starting pitchers Garrett Crochet and Walker Buehler, Boston will finish dead last in the AL East, winning only 78 games (77.6 is the exact projection).—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Since the days of Hillary, Sherpas have been renowned not only for their stamina at high altitudes and capacity for hard work, but also their cheerful friendliness and simple grace.—
John Meyer,
The Denver Post,
2 Feb. 2025
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“Positivist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/positivist. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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