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
The combination of Mr. Black’s barely controlled craziness and Mr. Rudd’s cheerful gosh-darn naïveté makes the picture work, though the gags are uneven.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025
His naïveté and intellectual stubbornness also led Lilla to believe, as late as 2016, that the Bushes and the Clintons would continue to be the dynasts of their respective parties.
From Salon • Nov. 1, 2025
Before delving into the breathtaking naïveté and incompetence of the Messenger’s management, it’s worth foregrounding the wreckage those leaders have left in the wake of their mindless experiment.
From Slate • Feb. 1, 2024
Lili and Guy passed the group, clinging to their son so that in his childhood naïveté he wouldn’t accidentally glance at the wrong person and be called an insolent child.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
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