idealistic
Example Sentences
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But Kornev is young and infused with an idealistic zeal, refusing to let these goons stonewall him.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
Which is certainly an admirable approach, albeit a rather idealistic strategy in a state of nearly 23 million voters, spread over roughly 800 miles from north to south.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026
I would chose instead someone young, idealistic, someone on the physical model of Jared Kushner, perhaps.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
It would have been a lot to ask that Simkhovitch, idealistic and self-sacrificing, predict that immigrant poverty and its housing conditions would be ameliorated with time.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026
John Smith, a young and idealistic English preacher who had recently come to the area, was becoming popular with those slaves.
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
Vocabulary lists containing idealistic
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