idealist
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Amodei is an idealist who represents the historically liberal wing of Silicon Valley, concerned about unleashing AI without proper guardrails.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2025
And Chinese media describe him as a "technical idealist" - he insists on keeping DeepSeek as an open-source platform.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025
We’re conscious that the point is to lament an idealist whose life was cut short.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025
I was always very much an idealist and was like, "Let's just try."
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024
My grandfather may have been an imposing and learned man, but he was an idealist and a dreamer.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
The quest for a stable global order has long beguiled idealists and realists alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Refn: We were both naive idealists and we both had an enormous amount of emotions within us that we were trying to find places to unleash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"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
Love is never that simple, and Song’s take on the romantic comedy is not for the idealists who believe it can be.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2025
Dreamers are idealists who still believe the world is good.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
Vocabulary lists containing idealist
A Raisin in the Sun
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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