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pessimistically



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The dark sides of our country made us see ourselves pessimistically.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026

Today’s lower numbers aren’t evidence that we lack faith in true love’s existence – though that’s pessimistically prevalent these days among singles – but of wedding-driven reality TV’s expansion.

From Salon ● Jan. 5, 2024

The Mariners manager wasn’t trying to be pessimistically prescient or trying to hedge future failure.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 5, 2023

Yet one could be forgiven for pessimistically siding with Wood.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 8, 2020

“We’ll freeze to death before we starve,” said Justice pessimistically, shivering until his teeth chattered.

From The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey




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