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wishful thinking

NOUN
belief that wishes become reality
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There’s a fair bit of analysis suggesting the whole thing may be more wishful thinking than a useful tool to time your investing.

From MarketWatch

However, judge Lord Sandison rejected the claims, describing the way Biffa interpreted the letter as "wishful thinking" on a par with trying to turn "base metal into gold".

From BBC

My mother’s voice knocked me out of my wishful thinking.

From Salon

Maybe that is wishful thinking, but what's clear is that Scotland will go into the Six Nations shed of the sort of expectation they have had to carry in recent seasons.

From BBC

That's an awful lot of wishful thinking, an awful lot of kicking a decision down the road.

From BBC