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or ingénue
as in angel
an innocent girl or young woman
In her latest film she plays the part of an ingenue.
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Recent Examples of ingenue
Goodness knows, with the help of costume designer Nanette Acosta, and whoever did her hair and makeup, Anderson transforms into something of a brainy, idealized 1940s Hollywood or Broadway ingenue.
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
But on set, with prospective subjects, this endearing young ingenue became a bumbling neurotic.
—David Gauvey Herbert, IndieWire, 3 June 2025
Moore also won a Daytime Emmy for outstanding ingenue in a drama series (now called outstanding younger actress in a drama series) for her work as Frannie and Sabrina in 1988.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 30 May 2025
And at age 64 (yes, really!), Tilda Swinton (in her pal Haider Ackermann’s collection for Jean Paul Gaultier Couture) appeared as icily cool and modern as any fashion ingenue could ever dream to be.
—Alison Edmond, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Dec. 2024
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Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
But on set, with prospective subjects, this endearing young ingenue became a bumbling neurotic.
—David Gauvey Herbert, IndieWire, 3 June 2025
Moore also won a Daytime Emmy for outstanding ingenue in a drama series (now called outstanding younger actress in a drama series) for her work as Frannie and Sabrina in 1988.
—Victoria Edel, People.com, 30 May 2025
And at age 64 (yes, really!), Tilda Swinton (in her pal Haider Ackermann’s collection for Jean Paul Gaultier Couture) appeared as icily cool and modern as any fashion ingenue could ever dream to be.
—Alison Edmond, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenue
Noun
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The idea that that's now a thing that angels have to get involved with because so many people are texting and driving.—
Jessica Wang,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep. 2025
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Horns blare, and an angel appears floating above the chaos.—
Geoff Brumfiel,
NPR,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But when innocents get dragged into the mess Robbie has created, the task force becomes more important than any of its members appear ready to handle.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
28 Aug. 2025
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After a new kind of dawn patrol to remove our tired but awake—and vocal—kids from the innocents in the campsites around us, my husband and I called uncle.—
Jenny Wiegand,
Outside,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Predictably, the hubbub surrounding the photo was eventually framed as a war between uptight virgins and godless heathens, with a quieter contingent astounded only by the fact that this kind of marketing could still be so effective.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
2 Sep. 2025
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Underwood, 33, was known for being a virgin during his time on Becca Kufrin’s season of The Bachelorette, and his subsequent run as the season 23 Bachelor.—
Liza Esquibias,
People.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The fledgling Future Soldier prep course started during Joe Biden's presidency and has played a central role in reversing the recruiting slump.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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The fledgling company’s early output demonstrates its range and festival appeal.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Flecks of mica and pyrite and who knows what, but only fools and greenhorns mistake it for gold.—
John Archibald,
Southern Living,
25 May 2025
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The indestructible Gill, still strolling the fairways of the magazine, was more than welcoming to a greenhorn.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
Noun
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Smit-McPhee plays a hapless Scottish tenderfoot who teams with Fassbender's conflicted bounty hunter to track down his true love in the American West.—
and Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
21 June 2024
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The tenderfoot Americans, with six rookies, eight guys yet to reach 30, and minimal scar tissue, won three of four foursomes in the morning to get to 9-3 and two of four fourball rounds in the afternoon to reach 11-5.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 Sep. 2021
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“Ingenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenue. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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