idealist
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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
We’re conscious that the point is to lament an idealist whose life was cut short.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 27, 2025
On the other, "she had the restlessness of an idealist with a certain anger at the world as it was", Eve, now 67, told the BBC.
From BBC ● Jan. 6, 2025
I was always very much an idealist and was like, "Let's just try."
From Salon ● Dec. 25, 2024
‘You’re still the same, William. Still the idealist, eh?”
From "Bodega Dreams" by Ernesto Quinonez
The quest for a stable global order has long beguiled idealists and realists alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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
As in “Curb,” though, he just as frequently positions himself as the logician surrounded by dupes fixated on useless details or idealists high on hopium.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
The idealists absolutely should push the realists ever further.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
And if my friends are idealists, then my realism would feel negative to them.
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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