optimism
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Trump’s optimism had followed a social-media post by Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, declaring the Strait of Hormuz “completely open” during the cease-fire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
Sources acknowledge there was cautious optimism at the start of the season but they did not expect such success so quickly.
From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026
Shares have risen 42% over the period, rallying on broader market optimism as well as a rebound in artificial-intelligence stocks.
From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026
A mood of high anxiety a few weeks ago has given way to cautious optimism amid a fragile cease-fire and retreating oil prices.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 17, 2026
During the years 1919-20 Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist, adopted as his own the maxim ‘pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will’.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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