as in optimistic
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In addition to extending their perfect start as the league’s only remaining undefeated team to 8-0, the Chiefs have more reason to feel optimistic after Monday’s triumph.Kevin Dotson, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Polling conducted for Newsweek in early October found that 51 percent of voters thought the U.S. economy was heading in the wrong direction, compared to 30 percent who were optimistic about its trajectory.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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Companies claim that healthcare cost inflation will stabilize to around 4% although their own history and estimates from pharma and health insurance companies contradicts this rosy assumption.Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
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The former Pussycat Doll wore her dark tresses in a sleek updo, while her makeup consisted of rosy blush and winged eyeliner.Hannah Malach, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
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Bringing Jim Jones in is a really good step and very hopeful.Jonquilyn Hill, Vox, 5 Nov. 2024
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At midnight, voters in the tiny New Hampshire hamlet of Dixville Notch reflected the national divide, casting three votes for each White House hopeful.Rachel Barber, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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Initially, things seem to be upbeat and flying well.Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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Surround yourself with upbeat people who offer positive suggestions.Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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And for many Chinese, mostly those left behind by the country’s dramatic, gilded transformation since economic reform, memories of Mao-era social equality, the exaltation of the working classes, and a national sense of common purpose are increasingly rose-colored.Nick Frisch, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2016
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The more rose-colored put a soft focus on Vacationland nostalgia—a lobster roll for lunch at McLoons on Sprucehead Island, an art director's fantasy of coastal quaint.Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 5 May 2024
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“Panglossian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Panglossian. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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