as in optimistic
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Recent Examples of Panglossian
The real Leibniz almost always refrained from spelling out Panglossian excuses for particular evils.
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Anthony Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Anthony Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for Panglossian
Adjective
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Many listings are in the range of hundreds to thousands of dollars, although some optimistic sellers are asking for a million or more.—
Maria Sole Campinoti,
CNN,
23 Jan. 2025
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But Lazar and Fuhrman were optimistic about school — to a point.—
Daniel Miller,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Her makeup consisted of shimmery champagne eyeshadow, rosy blush and a glossy mauve lip.—
Hannah Malach,
WWD,
26 Jan. 2025
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Sweeney kept her signature long blonde hair curly, with a nude pink lip and rosy pink blush.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Addressing pressing concerns such as identity, religious trauma, displacement and the challenge to stay hopeful in an increasingly difficult world, Oladokun displayed a knack for making her personal thoughts relatable to the masses.—
Bob Gendron,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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At Aalto University, Amiri, the sustainability researcher, is also hopeful that the trend can grow globally—including in the U.S.—
Maddy Savage,
TIME,
18 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But the mood within the players has been decidedly more upbeat all season long than the negativity swirling in the fan base.—
Jon Krawczynski,
The Athletic,
18 Jan. 2025
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Cucinelli was upbeat about the potential of the U.S. and China markets.—
Luisa Zargani,
WWD,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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And for many Chinese, mostly those left behind by the country’s dramatic, gilded transformation since economic reform, memories of Mao-era social equality, the exaltation of the working classes, and a national sense of common purpose are increasingly rose-colored.—
Nick Frisch,
Foreign Affairs,
17 May 2016
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The more rose-colored put a soft focus on Vacationland nostalgia—a lobster roll for lunch at McLoons on Sprucehead Island, an art director's fantasy of coastal quaint.—
Kevin West,
Travel + Leisure,
5 May 2024
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“Panglossian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Panglossian. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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