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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The model wore her brunette hair in loose waves around her shoulders and completed the casual chic look with a rosy lip.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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But many are hopeful that the IPO market will thaw this year.—
Amelia Lucas,
CNBC,
30 Jan. 2025
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Ramsey is hopeful that forensic genetic genealogy, which has helped solve other cold cases, will lead to a break.—
Marlene Lenthang,
NBC News,
29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Despite the upbeat earnings news, shares in Comcast sank as much as 10% in the opening hour of the trading day – a dramatic move for a stock that typically moves in fractional increments.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
30 Jan. 2025
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The first half of the two-minute clip starts off upbeat, and we’re promised lots of deep conversations, jokes, and maybe a minor love triangle or two.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
28 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 2 Feb. 2025.
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