naiveté
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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
Call it naiveté or just plain stupidity, but I showed up to my first day of class overconfident.
From Salon ● May 25, 2025
“They probably were. Our childish naiveté saved us.”
From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia
Parker and Stone pivoted to “Team America: World Police,” a bomb-throwing comedy about our country’s napalm-strength combination of naïveté and swagger.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
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
This method, albeit unconventional, was not unusual for his time, but it also reflected Mendel’s scientific naïveté.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
He and Ms. Wilde work off each other brilliantly, his naivete getting crushed by her sophistication.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 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
Schwartzman’s native softness fits Kevin’s naivete very well, and recalls his work in another borough-set fairy tale of New York, “Bored to Death.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
I am not sure if this is evidence of maintaining standards and principles in a world swiftly doing away with both, or of spectacular naivete, but I’m not ready to give up on it.
From Slate ● Mar. 3, 2026
He looked surprised by the naivete of the question and offered a wry smile.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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