high-minded
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Forward guidance has high-minded objectives: making the Fed more transparent and accountable and giving markets the information they need to adapt to future policy shifts without undue surprises.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
That dynamic may partly account for why other high-minded millennial businesses haven’t fared well.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
He was a high-minded historian and literary critic who nevertheless loved writing about rugby and cricket.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2026
But Squibb isn’t given to high-minded thematic talk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025
But she was upset, and made even more so by Odenigbo’s expression, as if he could not believe she was not quite as high-minded as he had thought.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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