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idealist

[ahy-dee-uh-list] / aɪˈdi ə lɪst /


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“In Greg’s most optimistic, most idealist, most selfish version of the world, he would just write code on the most important thing,” Altman said in an interview.

From The Wall Street Journal May 30, 2026

As a football idealist, Manchester United head coach Ruben Amorim has specific beliefs about how the game should be played - and the best way to win.

From BBC Dec. 26, 2025

Callaghan gives off a scintilla of Matt Damon vibes, but is his own Rudy, keeping his naive idealist free from leading-man tics.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2025

I was always very much an idealist and was like, "Let's just try."

From Salon Dec. 25, 2024

Sullivan saw himself as an artist first, an idealist.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

"There are Don Quixotes and Sanchos: idealists and pragmatists. Some may find the transparency of crystals fascinating, while others are interested in their smell and whether they're edible," García-Ruiz pointed out.

From Science Daily Jul. 15, 2026

Maguire and his staff are hippie idealists, wary of sullying their political mission with trivialities like record reviews.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 27, 2025

The idealists absolutely should push the realists ever further.

From Slate Oct. 6, 2025

They’re ideas people, glass half full types, idealists but also stubborn visionaries.

From New York Times Apr. 1, 2024

Antislavery idealists might prefer to live in some better world, which like all such places was too good to be true.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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