naiveté
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Simplicity is a discipline, not naïveté: Buffett avoided complexity not because he lacked skill, but because he recognized its dangers.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
It’s as if the film wants to consider the climactic confrontation of good and evil in “The Return of the King” through the goofy naïveté of “Paddington.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
Rabhan argued labels had no obligation to provide more than the contracts outlined saying the “Hot To Go” singer was “broadcasting naïveté and taking aim at the very machine that got her there.”
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2025
Maybe this heartbreak is representative of my naïveté.
From Slate • Dec. 12, 2024
This method, albeit unconventional, was not unusual for his time, but it also reflected Mendel’s scientific naïveté.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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