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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
In swinging 1960s London, when films featured fresh mini-skirted ingenues such as Julie Christie and Redgrave, Smith stood apart.
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Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Perhaps some ingenue residue clings to her despite her attempts to shake it off.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
In another world, a prestige Hollywood production of Othello, starring Robeson, with Jose Ferrer whispering into his ear as Iago, and a gutsy young screen ingenue — Julie Harris?
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
However, the ambitious ingenue sees Trigorin, Arkadina’s lover, as a more useful stepping stone.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
Perhaps some ingenue residue clings to her despite her attempts to shake it off.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024
In another world, a prestige Hollywood production of Othello, starring Robeson, with Jose Ferrer whispering into his ear as Iago, and a gutsy young screen ingenue — Julie Harris?
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Oct. 2024
However, the ambitious ingenue sees Trigorin, Arkadina’s lover, as a more useful stepping stone.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenue
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The company’s existing investors Greycroft, Correlation Ventures and MVP Ventures also joined in the round — along with notable angel investors including Gokul Rajaram and Ken Pilot.Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025
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Amit Jain, finance/strategy expert, angel investor, leads Dhruva Advisors USA & USACFO, driving M&A, cross-border investments & acquisitions One of the most difficult parts of the fundraising exercise for entrepreneurs is negotiating the valuation discussion.Amit Jain, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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In 1994, Hezbollah struck a private Jewish community center, the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association building in Buenos Aires, murdering 85 innocents and injuring another 300.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Not just for Price but for the innocents who perished during the conflicts, some by her actions.Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 22 Nov. 2024
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Olea would allegedly tease her about being a virgin.Ana Claudia Chacin and, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
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Fittingly for a children’s comedy (albeit one that hinges on characters being virgins), the centuries-old vampire resembles a Scooby-Doo villain in his utter inability to outsmart a group of latchkey kids. 17.Celia Mattison, Vulture, 27 Dec. 2024
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Back in his home state after his presidency, Mr. Carter, when not building houses for the poor or monitoring elections in fledgling democracies, continued to exert influence on Democratic leaders.Richard Fausset, New York Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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At the time, the strategy helped the fledgling watchmaker get his business off the ground.Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
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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
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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 20 Jan. 2025.
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