hopeful

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adj.optimistic, expectant

adj.promising, auspicious

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See also synonyms for: hopefulness / unhopeful

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She’s hopeful the project will help us better understand why we don’t talk about sex and sexual health publicly—and, ideally, start to walk back puritanical norms about bodies and appropriateness.

A NEW PODCAST EXPLORES SEX IN THE GREAT OUTDOORSHEATHER HANSMANFEBRUARY 12, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINE

I believe that we will see a time — I’m hopeful in my daughter’s lifetime and I pray that I’m around to see it — that women are protected in the Constitution.

ACTRESS, MOTHER, ACTIVIST ALYSSA MILANO ON LIFE AS A TRIPLE THREATESABELLE LEEFEBRUARY 11, 2021OZY

Asked to share their approach to an uncertain future, four media executives said they remain hopeful for a partial return this year, but that policies will emphasize patience, caution and flexibility to employees’ varying needs and comfort levels.

PUBLISHERS LOOK TO ALLAY EMPLOYEE FEARS OVER A RETURN TO THE OFFICE BY OFFERING ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITYJESSICA DAVIESFEBRUARY 10, 2021DIGIDAY

The engineer working on Google Search Console was great, and heard me out, but I didn’t leave that conversation feeling we would see an API any time soon… although I was hopeful we might see one in the future.

QUEST FOR MORE COVERAGE: MAKING A CASE FOR LARGER EXPORTS FROM GOOGLE SEARCH CONSOLE’S COVERAGE REPORTINGGLENN GABEFEBRUARY 9, 2021SEARCH ENGINE LAND

We’re hopeful Johnson & Johnson will recognize they are making this vaccine here in Baltimore and it would be a shame if Baltimoreans didn’t directly benefit from it.

OFFICIALS IN D.C. REGION TRY TO COMBAT VACCINE HESITANCY WHILE SEEKING MORE DOSESJENNA PORTNOY, REBECCA TAN, MICHAEL BRICE-SADDLERFEBRUARY 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Some execs remain hopeful that this changes in the weeks leading up to Apple’s crackdown on tracking.

FOR THE IDFA-CURIOUS, WTF IS APPLE’S SKADNETWORK?SEB JOSEPHFEBRUARY 8, 2021DIGIDAY

I think everybody — including myself — is hopeful that we’re going to see a drastic reduction in severity of cases when you compare reinfections to a first infection.

HOW CORONAVIRUS VARIANTS MAY DRIVE REINFECTION AND SHAPE VACCINATION EFFORTSERIN GARCIA DE JESUSFEBRUARY 5, 2021SCIENCE NEWS

I’m hopeful that that will get resolved shortly and that both parties or all parties can move forward and the Washington football club can continue to move forward.

BETH WILKINSON CLOSE TO COMPLETING WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM INVESTIGATION, ROGER GOODELL SAYSMARK MASKEFEBRUARY 5, 2021WASHINGTON POST

Erie SeaWolves owner Fernando AguirreYet fans remained hopeful despite a year defined by unceasing obstacles.

HOW THREE MINOR LEAGUE TEAMS SAVED HOMETOWN BASEBALLNICK FOURIEZOSFEBRUARY 3, 2021OZY

Lest his audience be content or hopeful, he drove them feverish with all kinds of fears of enemies, real and perceived.

THE U.S. CAPITOL ATTACKED REMINDED ME OF THE 1979 US EMBASSY SEIZURE AND WHAT HAPPENS WHEN EXTREMISM WINSROYA HAKAKIANJANUARY 19, 2021TIME

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