naive
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"We cannot when all is said and done be naive in our dealings with China," he said, after holding talks with staff representatives and local politicians.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
The naive can-do-ism of “Parks and Recreation” was millennial, but so was the go-nowhere nihilism of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Hig thinks most people are decent and can be trusted; Bangley thinks that’s naive nonsense.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
He questioned whether it had been naive for the location to be made public.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
“Look,” she says, “I’m sorry you’re angry, Tonni. I guess I’m a tittle naive about some things...”Tonni snorts.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
"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
"I wasn't naïve to the fact that I would be coming away with a lot of debt, but I think it was more the way they portrayed it to you, rather than the amount."
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
Strategist Karl Rove called the idea “moronic, stupid, naïve, and dumb.”
From Slate ● Jan. 15, 2026
It was weird how responsible he felt for the other two: plaintive, pitiful, confused Chip; naïve, gung-ho, enthusiastic Katherine.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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