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[nah-eev] / nɑˈiv /


naive


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"Another important aspect is that our bees were fully naïve," Loukola adds.

From Science Daily Jul. 3, 2026

I was naïve and just totally blindly happy about the publishing process in the beginning.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2026

"I wasn't naïve to the fact that I would be coming away with a lot of debt, but I think it was more the way they portrayed it to you, rather than the amount."

From BBC Mar. 20, 2026

Although it may seem naïve, on the surface, to stoop to such mundanity — a variation on our era’s “go outside and touch grass” naturalism — Styles may be genuinely onto something.

From Salon Mar. 6, 2026

It sounded like someone a lot more naïve than Miles.

From "Made You Up" by Francesca Zappia

Hopefully, I don’t sound as naive as those early internet optimists, who thought new shifts would usher in a golden age of humanity.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

"I was a bit petulant and naive back then," he says.

From BBC Aug. 7, 2026

“I was naive when I started all this and learned a lot from ‘Tiger King,’” he says, adding that there was internal friction about what direction to go with the material.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

“As a business gets bigger, there are unique challenges that pop up, so I’m not naive to those things and spend a lot of time just making sure we’re fixing things,” said LaFontaine.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 5, 2026

As I had suspected they would be, my discoveries were naive ones, like those of a child.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin




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