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Noun
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Action movies have long strained the limits of credulity.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 July 2025 -
The plot beats that follow Dante’s death strain credulity past its breaking point, and the fun quickly wears thin.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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And in a world where time is money, conditions are ripe for a perfect storm of greed, deceit, and willful gullibility—all in the hope of getting ahead faster than the rest.—
Luis E. Romero,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Ignoring the problem of online gullibility felt irresponsible – even negligent.—
Sam Wineburg,
The Conversation,
26 Aug. 2025
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There is Ned’s rich-kid idealism and the lengths Esmerelda goes to in her efforts to undermine him.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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Adapted from an autobiographical novel by Frank Courtes, the film is in the trenches of Paul’s personal experience while retaining the perspective that most people who turn to Jobbing do so out of desperation rather than idealism.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 2025
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Reason for optimism Were unavoidable mistakes had?—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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The piece, made of fiberglass and concrete, was to symbolize California’s optimism and an appreciation for science.—
Mathew Miranda,
Sacbee.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, Weinberger added, the greatest treatment obstacle is patients not taking their medications — sometimes due to anosognosia, the unawareness of being ill, which affects 50% to 98% of people with schizophrenia.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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Be Okay With Not Being Okay Since toxic positivity is mainly rooted in unawareness of being toxically positive or a desire to reduce anxiety or discomfort, Shabazz stresses the importance of learning how to cope with feelings of discomfort in order to eventually feel optimistic but not toxic.—
Maia Niguel Hoskin,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Knowledge-wise, science may be advancing, but, politically, its powers of persuasion are in retreat, in a moment defined, in many ways, by ignorance and narrow-minded grievance.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
29 Aug. 2025
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The best romance fiction has the ability to fundamentally change the genre at its core, offering happy endings where only ignorance has existed.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Recently, fans and the media have been focusing more on him due to his recurring mistakes, apparently caused by carelessness with and without the ball, as well as his spotty health record.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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The sequence is incredibly disturbing, underlining the carelessness with which Prodigy has been treating these overgrown children.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2025
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There is total and telling obliviousness to his giant flat-screen television, tuned to the SEC Network and a women’s soccer match between Arkansas and … Notre Dame.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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But the flip side of that obliviousness is a tremendous ambition and a sort of mad optimism.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Aug. 2025
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