idealist

Example Sentences

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Amodei is an idealist who represents the historically liberal wing of Silicon Valley, concerned about unleashing AI without proper guardrails.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 21, 2025

On the other, "she had the restlessness of an idealist with a certain anger at the world as it was", Eve, now 67, told the BBC.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025

I was always very much an idealist and was like, "Let's just try."

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024

Call me an idealist, but I also don’t think all of these voters are simply engaged in progressive virtue signaling.

From Slate • Oct. 19, 2024

“The idealist fooled you again, I guess. You really fall for that Reilly’s line.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole