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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dewy-eyed
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
  • Immigrants are also more susceptible to invisibility as their credit file in the U.S. does not take into account their credit history in their origin country.
    Afshan Musani, CNBC, 11 June 2025
  • New research from the United Kingdom’s Royal Veterinary College also indicates that some dog breeds may be more susceptible.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 11 June 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
  • Reach for hydrogen peroxide to make cleaning easier.
    Lauren David, Southern Living, 13 June 2025
  • But school officials across the country worry that making lawsuits easier to win will create a more adversarial relationship between parents and schools in the difficult negotiations needed to balance a student’s needs with a school’s limited resources.
    Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 13 June 2025
Adjective
  • In his formal lecture to the Academy, Campbell offered some reflections on the simple science that gave rise to the treatment, and to its wide array of applications.
    Benjamin Mazer, The Atlantic, 17 June 2025
  • While to some these screen-free devices may seem like a return to the early, simpler days of fitness trackers, Werring says the public is a bit more savvy than the step-counting obsessives of the 2010s.
    Andrew Williams, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Adjective
  • Even Ranger’s foster parent was impressed with the fast turnaround the wide-eyed cat made.
    TJ Macias, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2025
  • The announcement of his death today at the age of 82 silences one of the most transcendent musical voices of his generation — a deeply troubled man-child whose best music exuded joy and beauty with a unique combination of sophistication and wide-eyed youthful wonder.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
Adjective
  • Being personally very gullible and constantly putting myself in the place of the audience was the key for me in directing this series.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
  • Today’s Wordle Etymology The word patsy apparently comes from the Italian name Patsy, short for Pasquale, which was used in vaudeville productions and early 20th-century slang to refer to a gullible or easily deceived individual.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
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“Dewy-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dewy-eyed. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.

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