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noun

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Recent Examples of innocent
Adjective
Starring Lucy Hale and Tyler Posey, the film puts a deadly twist on an innocent game. Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025 The Iranian government is not an innocent party by any means, but The Morning Show presents rumors and accusations about the country as facts that feel incurious at best and reckless at worst. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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 Thus, the probability of innocents being killed or wounded in these deployments is high. Jason Ma, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for innocent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for innocent
Adjective
  • According to the post, detectives seized one pound of pure fentanyl, which police said is enough to kill around 225,000 people.
    Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 29 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, monochrome looks in pure black or white dominated, showing the season’s full contrasts.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Stockholders will receive $210 per share, representing a 25 per cent premium on share price at market close on September 25 — the final unaffected trading day, before reports of a deal surfaced.
    Ali Rampling, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Advertisement Fish seem unaffected as well.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Jane’s voice shifts from that of a naïve girl to that of a capable young woman as Laser traces her path out of the wilderness.
    AudioFile Magazine September 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • His hesitation has been seen publicly as naïve and risky, eroding faith in the monarchy.
    Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Lawmakers have promised that schools and local governments, which receive a large share of the sales tax revenue the state collects, will be held harmless by the shift.
    Paul Egan, Freep.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • But plenty of seemingly harmless items contribute to the mess, too.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • So what will our ignorant commissioner do with the information?
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
  • But criticism quickly began to pile in on Chinese social media, where users denounced the advertising stunt as ignorant of the potential environmental impacts in a remote and pristine ecosystem.
    Chris Lau, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He will be killed by his brother, the angel Ejllael (Steve Noh), for bowing to a human.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Capellini is a long, thin noodle that is thinner than spaghettini (thin spaghetti) and thicker than angel hair.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And how many guiltless prisoners there are here!
    Alexei Navalny, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Many fans found its generally joyous treatment of Miranda’s guiltless affair with Che, a nonbinary comedian, in the first season off-putting.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
Adjective
  • Whether from tech, activism or athletics, the ideal candidate has genuine interest in the universe.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Each project presented at MIA is picked with a genuine desire for these works to come to the fore, not by crass commercial considerations.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 30 Sep. 2025

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“Innocent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innocent. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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