How to Use optimist in a Sentence
optimist
noun
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At the start of 2018 the optimists had the better case.
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The Economist,
12 July 2018
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To have the show revolve around an optimist is in some ways a risk.
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Joshua Kissi,
Glamour,
1 Nov. 2023
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But for the optimists out there, there is a little hope.
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Lorenzo Reyes,
USA TODAY,
8 Oct. 2017
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An optimist would say that the Warriors are due to hit one — right?
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Scott Ostler,
San Francisco Chronicle,
16 Nov. 2022
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The optimist in me, though, is hopeful this will change soon.
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Joshua Hawkins,
BGR,
4 Jan. 2023
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Ever the optimist, Jenn is looking on the bright side of things.
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Byron McCauley,
Cincinnati.com,
31 Mar. 2020
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That’s the optimist in him, the part of him that believes things are going to get better.
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Jeff Seidel,
Detroit Free Press,
21 Mar. 2018
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That's Todd, the eternal optimist and one resilient son of a gun.
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Jason Williams,
Cincinnati.com,
12 Apr. 2018
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My inner optimist rebels against that, but the news backs him up.
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Tom Sietsema,
Washington Post,
23 Apr. 2020
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Left behind was the body of Ivan, the cheerful optimist.
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Los Angeles Times,
14 July 2022
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What the optimists and pessimists agree on is that the business model has to change.
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Boris Kachka,
Vulture,
16 May 2024
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This is a slow rebuild that’s just left the starting gate, and even that is the optimist’s viewpoint.
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Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas News,
17 Aug. 2021
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But that’s like the joke about the optimist who’s fallen out of a 100-story building.
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William Poundstone,
Vox,
5 July 2019
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An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.
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Katie Bourque,
Good Housekeeping,
28 Oct. 2022
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An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in.
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Annie Lane,
oregonlive,
1 Jan. 2023
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Yet even a barge optimist like Grenville concedes weather can get in the way.
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Scott Canon,
kansascity,
8 Aug. 2017
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Solomon the optimist sees these goals as attainable — with lots of hard work.
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Tom Ferrick,
Philly.com,
17 Oct. 2017
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Alien made Stanley Kubrick look like an optimist, or at least a neat freak.
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Gary Thompson,
Philly.com,
3 Oct. 2017
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Even an optimist like Vitale wasn’t quite ready to go there.
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Jason Gay,
WSJ,
15 Oct. 2020
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The optimist would tell you Green Bay simply knows how to win close games under LaFleur.
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Rob Reischel,
Forbes,
26 Dec. 2021
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The optimists, which include Mr. Bove, hope that the club can find a happy medium — and a way to succeed.
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Claire Fahy,
New York Times,
17 Dec. 2023
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Snowmobiles are sitting on green grass in front of the homes of optimists.
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John Schandelmeier,
Alaska Dispatch News,
5 Nov. 2017
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In the world of climate discourse, Gates is what’s known as a techno-optimist.
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Kate Aronoff,
The New Republic,
3 Mar. 2021
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Pandemic or not, Philip Galanes is in the end an optimist.
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CBS News,
5 Apr. 2020
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Springsteen is an optimist, but he's not given up the good fight.
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Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
26 Oct. 2021
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To the optimist, spring in the Midwest is all about budding trees and crocuses.
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Sally Schwartz,
chicagotribune.com,
1 Apr. 2022
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In both of these debates, Wedbush tech analyst Dan Ives is on the side of the optimists.
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Bywill Daniel,
Fortune,
11 Aug. 2023
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Ever the optimist, Marshall says the future (of food) is bright.
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Phil Lempert,
Forbes,
30 Apr. 2022
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In contrast to the standard view, the man spotted walking out of a hotel in the District Friday morning, umbrella held high, could have been considered an optimist.
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Martin Weil,
Washington Post,
12 July 2024
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Despite such hardships, Maria remained an optimist throughout her epically long life.
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Michael Cannivet,
Forbes,
5 Sep. 2024
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