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high-minded

[hahy-mahyn-did] / ˈhaɪˈmaɪn dɪd /


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That dynamic may partly account for why other high-minded millennial businesses haven’t fared well.

From MarketWatch May 19, 2026

Chesterton was raised in a high-minded Unitarianism whose morals he approved but whose understanding of God he found too thin to support the changes that he, as a man of the left, wanted.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 3, 2026

The opera offers a look at how the Civil War ended with high-minded statesmanship.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 3, 2026

He was a high-minded historian and literary critic who nevertheless loved writing about rugby and cricket.

From BBC Feb. 3, 2026

And the truth is that I am not a particularly high-minded character in my formative years.

From "The Misfits" by James Howe




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