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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
Perhaps some ingenue residue clings to her despite her attempts to shake it off.
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
In another world, a prestige Hollywood production of Othello, starring Robeson, with Jose Ferrer whispering into his ear as Iago, and a gutsy young screen ingenue — Julie Harris?
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
However, the ambitious ingenue sees Trigorin, Arkadina’s lover, as a more useful stepping stone.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
She’s been the damsel in distress (Dead Calm, Far and Away), the femme fatale (Moulin Rouge, The Human Stain), the unknowable ingenue (Birthday Girl, Dogville), the witch (Practical Magic, Bewitched).
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
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Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
In another world, a prestige Hollywood production of Othello, starring Robeson, with Jose Ferrer whispering into his ear as Iago, and a gutsy young screen ingenue — Julie Harris?
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
However, the ambitious ingenue sees Trigorin, Arkadina’s lover, as a more useful stepping stone.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
She’s been the damsel in distress (Dead Calm, Far and Away), the femme fatale (Moulin Rouge, The Human Stain), the unknowable ingenue (Birthday Girl, Dogville), the witch (Practical Magic, Bewitched).
—Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenue
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Whether or not the result would be an angel or a demon is up for debate, but read enough about AI and one comes away with the sense this is the ultimate state those developing and applying AI would like to achieve.Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
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The choir of angels got a whole lot better now that Cissy and Whitney are singing together.Bob Pisani, CNBC, 31 Dec. 2024
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Not just for Price but for the innocents who perished during the conflicts, some by her actions.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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Palestinians, Ukrainians, and countless others suffer in places where death stalks innocents.Gwen Faulkenberry, arkansasonline.com, 28 Nov. 2024
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In Immaculate, Sydney Sweeney stars as Sister Cecilia, who becomes a holy figure to her fellow nuns when she’s found to be pregnant despite being a virgin.Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024
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When a novel virus infects your body, your immune system can behave like a virgin on a first date.Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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At the time, the strategy helped the fledgling watchmaker get his business off the ground.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
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Investor interest in the fledgling space is still small compared to the billions of dollars that have gushed into AI startups themselves and the companies providing them compute or processing power.Rashi Shrivastava, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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The author came to Canada from England in 1923 as a 23-year-old greenhorn.Anton Money, Outdoor Life, 15 Aug. 2024
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Hence the herring, every greenhorn’s rite of passage on the Wizard.Ashley Boucher, EW.com, 11 June 2024
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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 5 Jan. 2025.
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