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idealistic pacifists who thought that tyranny could be toppled by rational argument and mutual understanding
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In exchange, the work burnishes the firm’s reputation and serves as a draw for idealistic young associates.
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Molly Redden, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
Young lawyers and career government lawyers are often idealistic, willing to sacrifice personal gain for the public good, but the prospect of working for this attorney general might seem the worst sort of dead-end job — one requiring blind obedience to unworthy goals.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
Anderson, a longtime music journalist and editor, draws on hundreds of interviews with band members, engineers, roadies, and crew to tell the story of how a group of idealistic audiophiles attempted, and briefly achieved, sonic perfection on a stadium scale.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 27 June 2025
The idealistic and naively optimistic Superman walks right into the trap.
—ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
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Molly Redden, ProPublica, 7 Aug. 2025
Young lawyers and career government lawyers are often idealistic, willing to sacrifice personal gain for the public good, but the prospect of working for this attorney general might seem the worst sort of dead-end job — one requiring blind obedience to unworthy goals.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2025
Anderson, a longtime music journalist and editor, draws on hundreds of interviews with band members, engineers, roadies, and crew to tell the story of how a group of idealistic audiophiles attempted, and briefly achieved, sonic perfection on a stadium scale.
—Anna Tingley, Variety, 27 June 2025
The idealistic and naively optimistic Superman walks right into the trap.
—ArsTechnica, 11 July 2025
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“Idealistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/idealistic. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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