ingenue
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Naoshi’s pieces usually center around a chic ingenue sporting food-focused fashion — think bonnets made of bonbons and boba tea skirts.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
A thoroughly modern ingenue, Flora is determined to bring change.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Rachel is taken with Gustav’s films, and the director sees a familiar spark of brilliance in the young ingenue.
From Salon • Nov. 23, 2025
All a male ingenue needed to do was smile and kiss the girl.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2025
Andrea the acorn-headed ingenue getting her own back.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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