How to Use optimist in a Sentence
optimist
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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,
2023-11-01
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But for the optimists out there, there is a little hope.
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Lorenzo Reyes,
USA TODAY,
2017-10-08
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My inner optimist rebels against that, but the news backs him up.
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Tom Sietsema,
Washington Post,
2020-04-23
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The optimist in me, though, is hopeful this will change soon.
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Joshua Hawkins,
BGR,
2023-01-04
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An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in.
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Katie Bourque,
Good Housekeeping,
2022-10-28
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But a number of optimists see virtue in that speed to market.
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Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
2025-05-15
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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,
2022-11-16
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Even an optimist like Vitale wasn’t quite ready to go there.
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Jason Gay,
WSJ,
2020-10-15
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Springsteen is an optimist, but he's not given up the good fight.
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Lars Brandle,
Billboard,
2021-10-26
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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,
2017-10-17
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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,
2024-05-16
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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,
2017-08-08
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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,
2017-11-05
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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,
2018-03-21
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Ever the optimist, Jenn is looking on the bright side of things.
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Byron McCauley,
Cincinnati.com,
2020-03-31
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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,
2021-08-17
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Left behind was the body of Ivan, the cheerful optimist.
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Los Angeles Times,
2022-07-14
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At the start of 2018 the optimists had the better case.
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The Economist,
2018-07-12
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An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in.
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Annie Lane,
oregonlive,
2023-01-01
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An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in.
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Annie Lane,
cleveland,
2023-01-01
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Pandemic or not, Philip Galanes is in the end an optimist.
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CBS News,
2020-04-05
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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,
2021-03-03
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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,
2022-04-01
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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,
2019-07-05
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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,
2021-12-26
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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,
2023-12-17
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Whalen recommends stopping by Optimist Hall for a mini food crawl.
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Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Aug. 2025
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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,
2023-08-11
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Optimists see faster, more consistent rulings; traditionalists fear a slippery slope toward outsourcing moral discernment.
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Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Aug. 2025
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Edwin is the most recent recipient of the Optimist Club sponsored scholarship that has been offered annually to an eligible Torrey Pines High School graduating senior for a number of decades.
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News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
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