Example Sentences

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Six days later Kyle gave a speech at the Munich Security Conference in which he said "in the UK, we reject the doomsayers and the pessimists" about artificial intelligence.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

"We were pessimists for many years," says Katariina Kähkönen, a reporter at Finland's MTV Uutiset.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

Optimists tend to have higher incomes than pessimists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Breaking the buck isn’t a hypothetical risk dreamed up by pessimists with too much time and not enough sunlight.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 5, 2025

Scientists can’t afford to be optimists or pessimists.

From "Crenshaw" by Katherine Applegate