idealist
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“I’m an idealist, but I’m also a pragmatist,” she said.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2026
Five years ago, Curd and Secor would likely have been written off as the party’s idealist left flank.
From Slate ● Oct. 20, 2026
Maybe it’s idealist and naive, or apple-pie-in-the-sky wishful thinking, but I believe that they can win.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 13, 2026
He is a situational bear, a situational bull and, almost despite himself, at age 87, a gruff, perpetual, starry-eyed idealist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 9, 2026
My grandfather may have been an imposing and learned man, but he was an idealist and a dreamer.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
The quest for a stable global order has long beguiled idealists and realists alike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Refn: We were both naive idealists and we both had an enormous amount of emotions within us that we were trying to find places to unleash.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"There are Don Quixotes and Sanchos: idealists and pragmatists. Some may find the transparency of crystals fascinating, while others are interested in their smell and whether they're edible," García-Ruiz pointed out.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 15, 2026
The idealists absolutely should push the realists ever further.
From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2025
Dreamers are idealists who still believe the world is good.
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
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A Raisin in the Sun
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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