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rosy

[roh-zee] / ˈroʊ zi /




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The S&P 500 was trading within 2 percentage points of its record closing high on Tuesday, but dig a little bit deeper, and things are looking far less rosy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

“That’s why the upside in stocks eventually hinges upon stocks’ ability to deliver on increasingly rosy earnings expectations — not just for the next quarter or two, but for the quarters to come.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026

U.S. stocks gained after a rosy growth projection from Nvidia mitigated fears about the sustainability of the artificial-intelligence boom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Most of the rosy posts made some mention of the fact that Columbia House’s operation was unethical at best, but that the customer-service runarounds, unwelcome bills and general scuzziness had all faded with time.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026

Shortly after dawn, when the sky turned not rosy and welcoming as it does in summer but merely a lighter shade of gray, the midwife kicked her awake.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman

But a rampant League Cup win against St Mirren, followed by four league wins on the bounce, and things look a bit rosier heading into Sunday's game at Ibrox.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

“The Dog Stars” is based on Peter Heller’s 2012 novel of the same name, which, in those naive, pre-COVID times, was received as a rosier take on Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Mexican fast-casual chain acknowledged ‘softening’ traffic in the second half of July, but it’s taking a rosier view of its full-year prospects.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

More promisingly, the company sees RevPAR climbing 2% to 3% this year, and predicts an increase in earnings per share—a new, rosier outlook that management still characterized as “reasonably conservative.”

From Barron's ● Apr. 30, 2026

The makeup made her cheeks rosier, her skin more even, more alive.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

A wave of pain is headed for major economies under the rosiest scenario.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

That kind of massive technological rollout is many years away in the rosiest of scenarios.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2023

When West launched his Sunday Service campaign from a secretive Calabasas location in 2019, the backdrop wasn’t the rosiest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

Having viruses listening to your cells' private conversations is not the rosiest of pictures, but it's not without a silver lining.

From Salon ● Sep. 21, 2022

And not even the rosiest glasses could make my crop situation look good.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson


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