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Adjective
the senator, newly elected and still naïf, will learn soon enough how Washington really works
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Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 June 2026
There is a risk of turning Artie into a naif, but in her careful, close observations, his depths become increasingly legible.
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John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
Meghan Cox Gurdon,
WSJ,
21 Nov. 2023
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Noun
In his directorial debut, Early, who also wrote the film, plays Maddie, a blonde naif who skyrockets to viral fame for recipes created in the test kitchen of GourMaybe, a fictional but winkingly all-too-familiar online content hub.
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Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
18 June 2026
There is a risk of turning Artie into a naif, but in her careful, close observations, his depths become increasingly legible.
—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
2 May 2026
Adjective
Most illustrators play up the coziness of the tale, what with children all snug in their beds dreaming of sugarplums and suchlike, but the friendly lines and marzipan colors of Ms. Beech’s naif illustrations take coziness to a new level.
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Meghan Cox Gurdon,
WSJ,
21 Nov. 2023
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“Naïf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/na%C3%AFf. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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