naively
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Meanwhile, Lohrmann said AI has been a naively optimistic passive-income coach.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
We thought, perhaps naively, now that we’ve done it, now that there’s a proof of concept, it’s going to be much clearer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
"There's an assumption we naively hold that when we want children it will just happen but that's not a privilege we're all granted so it's made me more compassionate in that regard."
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2026
And yet it represented a floor which I naively believed democratic accountability could not fall beneath without consequence.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2026
“I’ll have lots of money, so it will be easy,” I said naively.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
