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Our quest for better leaders—“Change we can believe in”— is wishful thinking.
Dear White People is a conversation about racism not buried under wishful thinking.
But the idea he is going to attract droves of non-traditional Republican supporters is nothing more than wishful thinking.
Sometimes the wishful thinking was done by well-known individuals—the Dalai Lama and Ralph Bunche.
At least 65 Peace Prizes have been awarded for wishful thinking.
More wishful beseeching must surely have softened a Deity with a sunburned nose and a double chin!
He was kind, was this parson, and sweetly wishful for the goodness and welfare of all the erring sons and daughters of men.
I can tell that Emily is wishful to pass through this structure.
In a little while it leaks out why he's so generous with his promises and so wishful to see us enrolled beneath his noble banner.
I did not quit it without kissing the very earth and trees, casting back many a wishful look as I went towards Chambery.
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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wishful, such as: acquisitive, ambitious, aspiring, craving, daydreaming, and desiring.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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