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or ingénue
as in angel
an innocent girl or young woman
In her latest film she plays the part of an ingenue.
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Recent Examples of ingenue
But Demi losing to an ingenue was a perfect Substance-worthy twist in itself.
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
Can the ferocious ingenue claw her way from Cheetah girl to Stardust Goddess?
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 May 2025
And Williamson, at 60, is no longer an industry ingenue.
—Ashley Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Coincidentally, Manville played the ingenue Cécile de Volanges in the original 1985 production for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2025
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Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 3 Mar. 2025
Can the ferocious ingenue claw her way from Cheetah girl to Stardust Goddess?
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 3 May 2025
And Williamson, at 60, is no longer an industry ingenue.
—Ashley Spencer, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2025
Coincidentally, Manville played the ingenue Cécile de Volanges in the original 1985 production for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenue
Noun
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Other Estonian angel investors who have previously backed Lightyear also participated in the funding round, including Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus, Checkout.com's former Chief Technology Officer Ott Kaukver and Skype founding engineer Jaan Tallinn.—
Ryan Browne,
CNBC,
24 July 2025
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Early risers will beat beachgoers to find coquinas, false angel wings, conch, murexes, scallops, tulip shells, and more.—
Gabi De la Rosa,
Southern Living,
24 July 2025
Noun
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Advertisement Thus, Israeli extremists and radicalized Palestinians feed on each other, using each other to justify violence, killing innocents, vandalizing property, and risking a major conflagration in the process.—
Nimrod Novik,
Time,
23 July 2025
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Because a lot of the political leaders in our state have received extra protection, but not the innocents out there.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
15 June 2025
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Alexander said the recycling industry wants to see a treaty outcome that helps to level the economic playing field between recycled plastics and new, or virgin, plastic materials.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 July 2025
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But one vivid, if unlikely, detail has endured: Her traveling companions were some 11,000 virgins.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Apr. 2025
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Illustration: Marcos Silva/Getty Images China, India, and Japan are not the only countries on the Asian continent looking to establish themselves in the fledgling space economy.—
Javier Carbajal,
Wired News,
23 July 2025
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But Vertical Aerospace is also facing the same financial headwinds that have sunk other companies in the fledgling eVTOL sector.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
18 July 2025
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Flecks of mica and pyrite and who knows what, but only fools and greenhorns mistake it for gold.—
John Archibald,
Southern Living,
25 May 2025
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The indestructible Gill, still strolling the fairways of the magazine, was more than welcoming to a greenhorn.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Smit-McPhee plays a hapless Scottish tenderfoot who teams with Fassbender's conflicted bounty hunter to track down his true love in the American West.—
and Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
21 June 2024
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The tenderfoot Americans, with six rookies, eight guys yet to reach 30, and minimal scar tissue, won three of four foursomes in the morning to get to 9-3 and two of four fourball rounds in the afternoon to reach 11-5.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 Sep. 2021
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“Ingenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenue. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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