naïve
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"Another important aspect is that our bees were fully naïve," Loukola adds.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 3, 2026
I was naïve and just totally blindly happy about the publishing process in the beginning.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
Krauss said that sense of security now feels painfully naïve.
From BBC ● Feb. 12, 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
But even as I opened my mouth, I realized how naïve the words would sound.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
"You have to know how to play the game and I was just too naive," she added.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
But Madonna’s lived too many lives to be naive.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
“We were so naive when we signed our contract,” he told reporters recently.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
I have a painfully naive fantasy of being a war correspondent, but that’s not what this is.
From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2026
And his crimes had been meager things, the actions of a naive boy.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
Vocabulary lists containing naïve
"The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant
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