optimistic

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Meanwhile, as the start of earnings season nears, analysts appear to be “more optimistic than normal” in their forecasts for the first quarter, Butters said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 5, 2026

Glen Ger, 60, was more optimistic, saying the KMT would "let everyone know that public opinion isn't completely one-sided, so they can understand that people want peace".

From Barron's • Apr. 5, 2026

Jung is optimistic that continued use of micro-CT technology will uncover more discoveries.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

Which brings me to my optimistic long-term prediction: The world will become a safer place once leaders, as a matter of course, feed their strategic ambitions and calculations through an LLM before acting on them.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Damon Hininger, the president and chief operations officer of Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private-prison operator in the United States, is thoroughly optimistic.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander