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Recent Examples of Synonyms for starry-eyed
Adjective
  • Moreover, in romantic relationships, those who self-distanced were more likely to problem-solve constructively and less likely to escalate conflicts.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • The coming-of-age romantic television series based on the popular book trilogy of the same name by Jenny Han will premiere on Amazon Prime Video next week.
    Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • Aside from being impractical, the new importation strategy would leave America’s drug supply vulnerable to dangerous counterfeit medicines from abroad.
    Sally C. Pipes, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025
  • However, for many travelers who take only one or two flights a year, that's impractical advice.
    Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • This is not an idealistic concept; there are programs in the U.S. that link food systems to human health.
    Alana Sandel, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
  • Mark your calendars because this summer is about to get lit — especially as responsible Saturn, idealistic Neptune, and transformational Pluto alchemize with Uranus, bringing extreme makeovers to many aspects of our lives and to the world at large.
    Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • That all sounds very woolly and, in a way, utopian.
    Kevin Giraud, Variety, 10 June 2025
  • People always wanted more-more-more from Sly, based on the utopian promises of his songs.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • This, in turn, becomes logically reliant on the idealist paradigm of Consciousness as the fundamental lowest common denominator of reality.
    Carlo Tortora Brayda, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Labour leader Starmer, though, has taken a realist rather than an idealist approach to the president, putting Britain's foreign policy interests above the strong opposition to Trump in the rank and file of his own party.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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“Starry-eyed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/starry-eyed. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.

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