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as in promising
having qualities which inspire hope
economists are offering a hopeful forecast for a healthy economy in the coming year
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as in encouraging
pointing toward a happy outcome
in a hopeful response to the ad, several people called to say they'd seen our lost cat
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as in candidate
one who seeks an office, honor, position, or award
the three mayoral hopefuls are going to debate on local TV
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Recent Examples of hopeful
CBS News, 29 Mar. 2025
The rematch against Notre Dame is now the biggest game in program history and TCU is hopeful the lessons from the games against the Bears will pay off against Notre Dame.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2025
Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 13 Mar. 2025
Best Celebrity Look-Alike Season Six Photo: Netflix Season six taught future Love Is Blind hopefuls one important lesson: Do not compare yourself to any celebrity, not even Joe Alwyn (a.k.a. Mason from season eight).
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
In New York City, mayoral hopeful and New York state Rep. Zohran Mamdani joined protesters at a Tesla showroom on Saturday.
—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2025
The rematch against Notre Dame is now the biggest game in program history and TCU is hopeful the lessons from the games against the Bears will pay off against Notre Dame.
—Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
Just like December is Oscars season, with films rushing into theaters to qualify for awards, now March and April have become Emmys season for TV shows, with prestige TV hopefuls piling in before the May 31 Emmys deadline.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 13 Mar. 2025
Best Celebrity Look-Alike Season Six Photo: Netflix Season six taught future Love Is Blind hopefuls one important lesson: Do not compare yourself to any celebrity, not even Joe Alwyn (a.k.a. Mason from season eight).
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hopeful
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One of the most promising applications is workforce assistance, particularly in industries facing labor shortages, such as healthcare.—
Melody Brue,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The bottom of the Jezero Crater – believed to have formed 3.9 billion years ago from a massive impact – is considered to be among the most promising areas on Mars to search for evidence of ancient life.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2025
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Despite their life-altering, Chelsea provided an encouraging update just before the start of the 2025 MLB season this week, sharing that Max has seen incredible recovery in the nine months since he was first diagnosed.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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For human surfers and swimmers, the results were somewhat encouraging.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The last day for the candidates to withdraw names is April 18.—
Karen Billing,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Apr. 2025
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In the aftermath of the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, for instance, Democrats gleefully piled on the billionaire tech innovator, who spent roughly $20 million in support of the conservative-leaning candidate who lost decisively.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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But others – including both experts who spoke to CNN – were more optimistic.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
5 Apr. 2025
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Goldman Sachs’ overall forecasts are slightly more optimistic than the average.—
Josh Fellman,
Quartz,
4 Apr. 2025
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The assumption is the Wolves won’t be able to do that in each of their final five games, even with one of the league’s most favorable remaining schedules.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
4 Apr. 2025
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Negotiate favorable purchase prices, set competitive rental rates and minimize vacancy periods through effective property management.—
Ryan Barone,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Still, the Democratic contenders notched a symbolic victory when Valimont carried Escambia County — a longtime GOP stronghold in presidential elections — a rare blue dot in the ruby-red district.—
Fin Daniel Gómez,
CBS News,
2 Apr. 2025
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The court ruling was a political as well as a judicial temblor for France, hobbling one of the leading contenders to succeed President Emmanuel Macron at the end of his second and final term.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Apr. 2025
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Both O’Mara and McMahon believe that Pickle has a bright future ahead.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Apr. 2025
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Here’s one that’s also extremely interesting to me based on some of our brightest experts predicting the kinds of human-computer interactions that look and seem authentic to the human user.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Read More About: MTV RuPaul's Drag Race TV News TV Ratings Subscribe to Deadline Get our Breaking News Alerts and Keep your inbox happy.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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They’re actually formulated with moisturizing ingredients like (vitamin E and hyaluronic acid) to nourish the skin, with noncomedogenic options to keep acne-prone skin happy.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Hopeful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hopeful. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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