naïve
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She was a naïve 19-year-old, she recalls, living in a shared east London terrace and looking for adventure.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2026
"In the naïve quark model, there are three quarks inside a proton, but nothing else," said Tommy Tsang, formerly a postdoc at Kent State University, now at DOE's Argonne National Laboratory.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 16, 2026
I was naïve and just totally blindly happy about the publishing process in the beginning.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
That doesn’t determine editorial decisions, but it would be naïve to believe it doesn’t at all shape them.
From Slate ● Jan. 5, 2026
It sounded like someone a lot more naïve than Miles.
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
He spent Thursday night teaching the wealthy, somewhat naive families moving in around him how to keep their kids and homes safe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Looking back, both chuckle at what Hibbs now calls his “fairly naive hope.”
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026
Anyone who thinks that adults cut off their parents because of something they saw on the internet is really naive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
"We should not be naive... about Russia, but they know we are stronger," Rutte said last month.
From Barron's ● Oct. 12, 2026
And Edith was young and idealistic, maybe a little naive.
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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