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Recent Examples of simpleton Redmayne plays a creep; Henry, a yearner; Keoghan, a simpleton. Glenn Whippcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2023 Keoghan’s village simpleton, who becomes a poor substitute friend for Farrell’s character, is both delightfully weird and gradually gutting as the traumas of his upbringing become clearer. Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Dec. 2022 Turning what could have been merely a simpleton into a lost soul, Keoghan’s work here is vivid and heartbreaking. Glenn Whippentertainment Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022 Savvy and simpleton investors alike could easily pick apart Snap’s latest quarterly data. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2022 See all Example Sentences for simpleton 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for simpleton
Noun
  • Market timing is a risky game and often a fool’s errand.
    Ron Insana, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Alexander felt that he had been played the fool — made to love a baby who wasn’t his to raise.
    Julia Whelan Krish Seenivasan Lance Neal, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • An underrated gem — not enough people have seen this top-tier season — Squirrels Trip has some fabulous vocals, very funny lyrics, a heavy dose of stupid, and an engaging story.
    Barry Levitt, Vulture, 19 Apr. 2024
  • The stupid!
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 2 July 2021
Noun
  • However, one taste of genuine chocolate was enough to convince the James Beard Award-winning writer that the soul of cacao still exists, and to send him on a wild goose chase that would take him from the rainforests of Bolivia and Brazil to Belize and Guatemala to track it down in the wild.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2024
  • There are also themes for Roz the robot, Brightbill the goose and Fink the fox.
    Jon Burlingame, Variety, 1 Dec. 2024

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“Simpleton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/simpleton. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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