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Recent Examples of Synonyms for positivists
Noun
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This reality is so sobering that even staunch climate optimists have had to adjust.—
Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
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The path to Level 5 autonomous driving has turned out to be a much longer and bumpy one than the optimists once hoped.—
Noun
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Some idealists set out to build a new community from scratch.—
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And the call isn’t just coming from idealists this time – the prestigious science journal Nature is also now arguing for a global rail revival – not as a nostalgic nod to the past, but as a pragmatic cornerstone of climate strategy.—
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“Positivists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/positivists. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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