wishful thinking

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And maybe that’s just wishful thinking, but it’s enough to inspire both professionals and amateurs.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

“This is not just our wishful thinking, it is what we hear from our customers.”

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

When governments and their advisers are, as matter of course, using AI to improve their decision-making, expect fewer purblind, tunnel-visioned strategic decisions based on wishful thinking.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

It was confusion, or maybe wishful thinking, or was it outright defiance?

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

No, not believing it so much as daydreaming it and running it through a maze of wishful thinking.

From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd