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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naïfs
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According to Castro, nuns, who were supposed to be professional virgins—no Duke of Monmouth for them—could try bloodletting or enemas for a cure.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
27 Sep. 2025 -
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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Burns, McGlone, and Britton all reprise their roles from the original film, and are joined by McMullen franchise newbies Tracee Ellis Ross, Juliana Canfield, Pico Alexander, Brian d’Arcy James, and Halston Sage.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
3 Oct. 2025
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For lifelong film fans or cinema newbies alike this scratch-off poster makes a great gift.—
L. Daniela Alvarez,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And the Nashville Chew Crew, a herd of sheep, has been working for the city’s parks department since 2017.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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The study team made use of somatic cell nuclear transfer, a technique that was famously used to clone a sheep named Dolly in 1997.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The slaughter of the innocents that follows the birth of Jesus in the Book of Matthew is depicted by limp infants that Gaudí modelled on casts of actual stillborn babies.—
D. T. Max,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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This lesson plan includes no discussion of how, in the name of socialism and equality, Cold War despots in Russia, Romania, Poland and other Eastern Bloc counties slaughtered innocents, seized property and sunk their countries into starvation-level poverty.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Experimental systems have supported premature lambs in liquid environments for days or weeks by connecting umbilical vessels to external oxygenation circuits.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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McCarty had seen a number of ewes and lambs but no rams.—
Tim Kelly,
Outdoor Life,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Del Mar Futurity, at 7 furlongs, also revolves around Baffert, whose colts have won the past four runnings and 18 of the past 29, dominance that began with Silver Charm winning the Futurity in a mild upset to jumpstart his journey to victory in the 1997 Kentucky Derby.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
4 Sep. 2025
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Two more prized 2-year-old colts from the Baffert stable ran 1-2 Saturday in a maiden race.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
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“Naïfs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/na%C3%AFfs. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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