naiveté
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She published her first professional writings jointly with Jules Sandeau, a law student whose youth, naiveté and intellectual precocity won the author’s affection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
It is easy to laugh at the childlike naiveté of sending seeds to Mars, an idea that never germinated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
Bailey has a wide-eyed clueless cuteness that lends to her character’s well-meaning naiveté — even her missteps have a way of working out.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2026
For other colleagues, Moshiri’s optimism could also be read as naiveté.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 15, 2026
“They probably were. Our childish naiveté saved us.”
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
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
More than hesitation or naïveté, the line suggests possibility: Maia is figuring out a new way to “make it,” and building a career on her own terms.
From Salon ● Dec. 15, 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
Maybe this heartbreak is representative of my naïveté.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024
In his naïveté, he’d thought even the secrets must be hidden away here, for those with the will and patience to look for them.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
All three sentences reflect, and reaffirm, Witkoff’s utter naivete.
From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026
"There is no naivete on the part of the opposition delegation," the source said, adding that it "must take advantage of this window of opportunity."
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Mr. Smith is an insightful filmmaker and “Bring Me the Beauties” is a stylishly constructed parable about naivete and spiritual emptiness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
Hunter chalked up the babysitting remark to his own naivete when it came to being vulnerable with other players he thought were his friends on the island.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
“He had an engaging naivete about the East. He had never seen a skyscraper.”
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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