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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naïfs
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Public health stats show maybe 5%-10% of those getting married in the United States are virgins at the altar.
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How many spells were cast, how many virgins were sacrificed, how many first-borns were murdered so that this could happen?
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First, the animals whose skins would become parchment—typically sheep or calves—had to be slaughtered; a complete bible required the skins of around five hundred sheep.
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The current owner’s father, Olcott Smith, a prominent Connecticut business leader, bought the land from one Everett Whiting, a sheep farmer whose own family roots here trace back to the 1600s.
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Over 5,000 deaths, most of them for innocents not driving trucks, in 2023 alone.
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Whatever conclusions investigators might reach, the loss of at least 50 souls, and the wounding of dozens more innocents, is an unbearable blow for any community.
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Flecks of mica and pyrite and who knows what, but only fools and greenhorns mistake it for gold.
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While most small backyard birds build nests out of reach of dogs, the noise and activity of your family pet playing outside is unnerving for nesting birds, so keep them away until the fledglings leave the nest if possible.
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Keeping pets indoors or supervised during nesting season can also help protect eggs and fledglings.
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Dobbs even let her children get pet lambs.
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For years, the standard treatment has involved avoiding foods that come from cows, pigs and lambs while carrying an epinephrine injector in case of medical emergency.
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Actresses who are no longer ingenues make striking appearances, not only in dramas, but also at formal events.
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Our best ingenues would queue to star as Dora and Nora.
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To her, Joe’s stands out as the most approachable option for newbies.
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Also expected to return are Wilson’s ex-BFF Jesse Solomon, along with freshman cast member Mia Calabrese and other newbies added in Season 10.
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“Naïfs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/na%C3%AFfs. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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