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Noun
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Simmons has to earn the job with his play after an evaluation backed by something more than idealism.—
Sam McDowell
Updated July 22,
Kansas City Star,
23 July 2025 -
Basho resonated with the era’s romantic idealism: finding yourself on the road, rejecting society, and embracing nature with a strand of Buddhism.—
Rebecca Chace
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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But self-help culture tends to treat optimism like a cure-all as if every problem is just a thought pattern waiting to be reversed.—
Ranju Kunwor,
Chicago Tribune,
18 July 2025
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The expansion of 500 Global, which has $2.3 billion in assets under management, into Abu Dhabi also comes at a time of relative optimism for venture capital investing in the Gulf.—
Kelsey Warner,
semafor.com,
18 July 2025
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This turns out to be another name for Galactus, a surprisingly scary Marvel villain played with sinister sincerity by Ralph Ineson.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 July 2025
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The host’s mix of candor, patriotism and sincerity, along with his ability to mine humor in current events, however, has been credited for fueling the show’s success.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
18 July 2025
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In uncertain markets, relevance, simplicity and clear value win.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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The simplicity of eating potatoes barefoot on Wai‘anae—the horizon a gold thread the color of nā‘ū seed as the birds paid their nightly visit—somehow its own answer.—
Bon Appétit,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
24 July 2025
Noun
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There is a visible naivety to Onley after these big results, a sense of confusion over why the attention on him is so fierce, so quickly.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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The novel explores the line between age and consent, naivety and vulnerability and the space between.—
Hattie Williams
July 14,
Literary Hub,
14 July 2025
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This is the result of naivete: Who would want to hurt little old us?—
Stephen Marche,
The Atlantic,
1 July 2025
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The secret is that Spike’s know-nothing naivete encourages us to see the world through the eyes of someone who’s new to every part of it.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
18 June 2025
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“Impracticality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impracticality. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.
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