optimism

Example Sentences

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Despite the apparent impasse, Mike Johnson, speaker of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, is expressing optimism that an agreement is imminent.

From Barron's

Gold may spend the next few months in a range, which is common after rallies, allowing optimism to cool and positioning to reset, the analyst says.

From The Wall Street Journal

The record’s driving energy captured the optimism of the postwar economic boom.

From The Wall Street Journal

He spoke of his religiosity — his grandfather and great-grandfather were Baptist preachers — and talked at length about the optimism, a political rarity these days, that undergirds his vision for the country.

From Los Angeles Times

But such optimism comes with a word of caution, given the Beijing Olympics four years ago.

From BBC