wishful thinking
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"Hope is not the same thing as wishful thinking," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
There have always been overeager people who, through either extreme wishful thinking or some quirk of brain chemistry, have come to believe that science fiction hides secret messages or covers up for real events.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026
Though OpenAI and Hugging Face say they’ve figured out what happened, experts such as Russell say that’s probably wishful thinking.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
Others tracking sports-rights deals counter that such a price tag is wishful thinking, even double the likely cost.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
But if there is indeed an American image built of truth rather than reflecting either hostility or wishful thinking, what is this image?
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
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