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or ingénue
as in angel
an innocent girl or young woman
In her latest film she plays the part of an ingenue.
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Recent Examples of ingenue
So, how’s about that young ingenue in the flick out of Brooklyn’s Russian community, Mikey Madison (Rosberg)?
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Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
For most of his life, Dillingham has been a go-to player on his teams, a bucket-getting ingenue with a sizzle reel full of style points.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Gerwig plays Naomi, the ingenue who rolls into Arthur's life in an unexpected meet cute in Grand Central.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Purser’s Anne isn’t the demure ingenue of more traditional productions, even though McDonald’s Edouard Dindon has no problem playing the farcical parental heavy.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
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Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
For most of his life, Dillingham has been a go-to player on his teams, a bucket-getting ingenue with a sizzle reel full of style points.
—Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
Gerwig plays Naomi, the ingenue who rolls into Arthur's life in an unexpected meet cute in Grand Central.
—George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Purser’s Anne isn’t the demure ingenue of more traditional productions, even though McDonald’s Edouard Dindon has no problem playing the farcical parental heavy.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenue
Noun
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Unlike Silicon Valley, New York lacked a deep pool of experienced angel investors in 2017–2018.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The latter will be completed by Alexia Laroche-Joubert, the boss of Banijay France; filmmaker-producer Julie Gayet; business angel and founder of Allociné Jean-David Blanc; and journalist Éric Libiot.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
18 Mar. 2025
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In order to stop this nefarious group from killing more innocents, the BAU is forced to work alongside an increasingly unpredictable Voit who has his own agenda.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
5 Mar. 2025
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According to human rights organizations, most were denied due process, innocents including children were detained, and hundreds were tortured in jail and died.—
Tracy Wilkinson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Unlike seed oils, olive oil is often sold in its natural, unrefined forms—cold pressed and extra virgin.—
Matt Fuchs,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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Báthory, with Matthew David Wilder (Your Name Here) set to direct, is based on the story of Hungary’s Elizabeth Báthory, who found infamy after bathing in the blood of virgins.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Teeing Off in the Golf World While Johnnie-O wasn't conceived specifically as a golf brand, the sport was a natural entry point for the fledgling company.—
Erik Matuszewski,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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The claim concerned the rushed dealing to infuse money into the fledgling league, a rush that deprived DCP of a chance to conduct the type of due diligence that might have spotted some of the problems that later surfaced.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2025
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The author came to Canada from England in 1923 as a 23-year-old greenhorn.—
Anton Money,
Outdoor Life,
15 Aug. 2024
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Hence the herring, every greenhorn’s rite of passage on the Wizard.—
Ashley Boucher,
EW.com,
11 June 2024
Noun
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Smit-McPhee plays a hapless Scottish tenderfoot who teams with Fassbender's conflicted bounty hunter to track down his true love in the American West.—
and Kevin Jacobsen,
EW.com,
21 June 2024
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The tenderfoot Americans, with six rookies, eight guys yet to reach 30, and minimal scar tissue, won three of four foursomes in the morning to get to 9-3 and two of four fourball rounds in the afternoon to reach 11-5.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
25 Sep. 2021
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“Ingenue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenue. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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