credulous

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Recent Examples of credulous The Athletic has become a bit of a shill for 115 FC, seemingly quite credulous in the face of the overwhelming evidence.. much of which comes from their own emails. Sam Lee, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025 My problem here was being too credulous of polls of hypothetical events. Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2025 Editors’ Picks Dornford-May is a convincing ingénue, by turns goofily girlish and stubbornly credulous. Houman Barekat, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024 The young men Mangum accused will never get back what her unfounded accusations and a credulous media landscape took from them. The Editors, National Review, 17 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for credulous
Recent Examples of Synonyms for credulous
Adjective
  • Even a naive analysis, one that buys into some very obvious Republican budget tricks, finds that this bill cuts taxes and raises spending by $4 trillion over 10 years — but only pays for about $1.7 trillion of that.
    Ezra Klein, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
  • In the film's early scenes, Cruise displays a naive, unwavering patriotism that seamlessly meshed with the actor's military heroics in Top Gun three years earlier — which makes Kovic's stark transition to impassioned anti-war advocacy all the more surprising in the runtime's second half.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 24 May 2025
Adjective
  • The results were hilarious, but Gould also won hearts as the affable (if a bit gullible) victim of the ruse.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Chamberlain was gullible and naïve, and Chamberlain’s appeasement to Hitler is considered one of the biggest betrayals in modern history.
    Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Loew was made the mark in a kind of confidence game, Schulberg recalls, with Thalberg and Mayer putting on a show of activity at the failing Louis B. Mayer Productions that nonetheless impressed the Hollywood innocent.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
  • To insinuate yourself into someone’s life, the biggest manipulators act like the most innocent victims.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 9 June 2025
Adjective
  • Manipulative or emotionally immature individuals end up exploiting this belief with ease.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
  • Nikki, who can be messy and loud and immature, doesn’t always handle that intensity with grace.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 19 May 2025

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“Credulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/credulous. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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