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as in noble
having, characterized by, or arising from a dignified and generous nature
high-minded efforts to improve the lives of people who are less fortunate
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as in arrogant
self-consciously trying to present an appearance of grandeur or importance
she was too high-minded to admit publicly to watching trashy movies, but privately she loved them
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Recent Examples of high-minded
The markets were launched with high-minded ambitions of using the wisdom of the crowd to forecast future events, and help business leaders and politicians make better decisions.
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22 May 2026
Some viewers even felt its liberal use of absurdity in fact grounded the show in the real world compared to the high-minded weepies on daytime, achieving honesty through nontraditional means.
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18 May 2026
Or a group of high-minded, dutiful, quite-conscientious California voters?
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Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
Hepburn was enamored with the high-minded Ferrer, though some saw him as a puppet master and opportunist.
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Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
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Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
22 May 2026
Some viewers even felt its liberal use of absurdity in fact grounded the show in the real world compared to the high-minded weepies on daytime, achieving honesty through nontraditional means.
—
Literary Hub,
18 May 2026
Or a group of high-minded, dutiful, quite-conscientious California voters?
—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
Hepburn was enamored with the high-minded Ferrer, though some saw him as a puppet master and opportunist.
—
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for high-minded
Recent Examples of Synonyms for high-minded
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The idea that, rather than taking your phone out of your pocket to open the Soundcore app to get all the settings, is a noble one, but it's replaced by taking your carry case out of your pocket, unlocking it, and then getting to all the settings.
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So did his friendly rival, John Adams, who wrote of his dream ‘…to see rising in America an empire of liberty, and a prospect of two or three hundred millions of freemen, without one noble or one king among them.
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West Germany, arrogant attitude adjusted, pounded Chile, 4-1.
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Lasso, in his initial introduction to audiences, wasn’t the warm, pun-loving, inspirational coach audiences would eventually embrace through Apple +, but a slightly arrogant buffoon parodying the average American sports fan.
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Sneakers are always calling my name (a great travel companion).
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Having spent more than 30 years in the makeup industry, founder and makeup artist Jung Saem Mool knows great makeup starts long before foundation enters the picture.
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But there’s much to like here — from the two leads, the numerous Bay Area shots (the Golden Gate Bridge should get a supporting actor credit), Nick Offerman as a pretentious, cruel chef and Lukas Gage as a clueless cretin love interest/coworker.
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Not to sound pretentious, but Elwood Dowd is sort of like a Christlike figure.
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Fujimori’s presidency marks a return of her family’s political brand to Peru’s highest office — a movement that has long carried a complicated relationship with the United States.
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The federal government and states have begun investigating pricing strategies that companies report have led to higher profits.
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While not quite so grandiose, Valdez says discussions are ongoing regarding the bird’s future.
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Twenty-six years later, Kaufman was tapped to score indie developer Yacht Club Games’s Mina the Hollower, a throwback to the look and feel of 8-bit GBC games but with the type of colossal world, grandiose story, and elaborate gameplay typically reserved to the Soulsborne games.
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Manliness is a touchy subject these days, but there was a time when honorable combat was respected above the mere running of one’s mouth.
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And Florida passed only because one player made the honorable decision.
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Among them a City boy wearing three Fit-Bit-type devices, two beautiful Middle Eastern sisters, an outrageously pompous elderly American (sorry; eavesdropping), and several Imelda Marcos lookalikes, tottering out of the treatment rooms with, somehow, their elaborate hairstyles still intact.
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The usually pompous Victory Day Parade in Moscow on May 9th had to be pared down for fear of Ukrainian drones.
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“High-minded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high-minded. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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