high-minded
Example Sentences
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That dynamic may partly account for why other high-minded millennial businesses haven’t fared well.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
The opera offers a look at how the Civil War ended with high-minded statesmanship.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026
He was a high-minded historian and literary critic who nevertheless loved writing about rugby and cricket.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
I want to be very high-minded about this.
From Slate • Nov. 4, 2025
She did, however, have firm ideas about not getting killed for other people’s high-minded ideas.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
