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Recent Examples of Pollyanna
Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
Pope and Sarah go into catacombs beneath an old church in search of the treasure, but are forced to hide among the rats when Lightner (Rigo Sanchez) and his boss Dalia (Pollyanna McIntosh) show up and grab a mysterious scroll that is most likely a map.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
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
Opinion: As more workers exit downtown, Louisville Mayor Greenberg needs to deal with realty and chuck his Pollyanna perspective, our Joe Gerth says in his latest column.
—Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 11 Feb. 2024
My natural state has always been one of optimism, almost to the point of being a Pollyanna.
—Ellyn Laub, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Sep. 2021
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The politics of Pollyanna, brought to you by the things-have-never-been-better crowd.
—Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024
Pope and Sarah go into catacombs beneath an old church in search of the treasure, but are forced to hide among the rats when Lightner (Rigo Sanchez) and his boss Dalia (Pollyanna McIntosh) show up and grab a mysterious scroll that is most likely a map.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Oct. 2024
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
Opinion: As more workers exit downtown, Louisville Mayor Greenberg needs to deal with realty and chuck his Pollyanna perspective, our Joe Gerth says in his latest column.
—Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 11 Feb. 2024
My natural state has always been one of optimism, almost to the point of being a Pollyanna.
—Ellyn Laub, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Pollyanna
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Despite a bike bust in the years after the pandemic, both are optimistic about the industry’s future.Max Scheinblum, The Denver Post, 13 Nov. 2024
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Our data is optimistic, but the politics is uncertain.James Morton Turner, Discover Magazine, 9 Nov. 2024
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But for now, with inflation nearing the Fed’s 2% target and the job market still notching strong gains, the optimists seem to be having a moment.Bryan Mena, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
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But the optimist thinks this is Google’s ambient computing vision coming alive.Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 18 Sep. 2024
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The discussion concluded on a hopeful note regarding new talent.Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
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Real news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive.Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2024
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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
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The diary belonged to Lam Ping-yu, an ambitious and patriotic idealist who was born to a well-off Chinese family in Indonesia in 1911 and eagerly joined his home country’s navy.Peter Guo, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
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For instance, his call for all Bitcoin mining to be located in the U.S. rubbed certain crypto idealists the wrong way, as decentralization and immunity to governmental pressures is a key part of the ethos of crypto mining.Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 17 July 2024
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Big dreamers have busy minds, need the intense focus of their dreams to carry them through life as far as possible.Jim Clash, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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From Chicken Man’s perspective, this guy was a dreamer.Ronda Racha Penrice, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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However, Statista's rosiest market projection for foldable phones is that 45.7 million will be sold in 2028.Tim Bajarin, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
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Makeup artist Kenya Alexis brushed Palmer's lids with a soft, smoky gray eyeshadow, then applied a rosy blush and matte brown lip for a fun fusion of ‘60s and ’90s vibes.Kara Nesvig, Allure, 20 Nov. 2024
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This attempt to coax a conventional romantic through line out of the madness doesn’t really work, partly because Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan have otherwise done a fine job of making clear how unconventional this whole situation was.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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However, the hopeless romantic in me is not one to say no to a wedding!Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
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“Pollyanna.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Pollyanna. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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