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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
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.
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Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
As Marya, the daughter of Ann and the mayor, Chinna Palmer has to be a romantic ingenue in a story where true romance is impossible.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
The Academy loves a young ingenue, and so the narrative supporting her potential win on Oscar night has also had momentum.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2025
So, how’s about that young ingenue in the flick out of Brooklyn’s Russian community, Mikey Madison (Rosberg)?
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Jon Krawczynski, The Athletic, 23 Jan. 2025
As Marya, the daughter of Ann and the mayor, Chinna Palmer has to be a romantic ingenue in a story where true romance is impossible.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 Mar. 2025
The Academy loves a young ingenue, and so the narrative supporting her potential win on Oscar night has also had momentum.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2025
So, how’s about that young ingenue in the flick out of Brooklyn’s Russian community, Mikey Madison (Rosberg)?
—Guy Martin, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenue
Noun
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Instead of encountering the risen Lord, these women see two angels.—
Eliza Griswold,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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Bruno Ganz, in an unforgettable performance, plays an angel who can hear the thoughts of the denizens of Berlin and decides to give up his immortality to join them.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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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Deadline is hearing the script is about Delaney Pitts, a nerdy teenage virgin who has a secret online life as an erotic fan fiction author.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
8 Apr. 2025
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And while virgins do have the lowest risk overall, this number has declined significantly over time.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The scandalous moment transformed the fledgling Real Housewives franchise from a novel experiment in reality programming to a ratings juggernaut.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Syria’s fledgling force has little of material value to deal with external threats from Israel or Iran.—
Dominique Soguel,
Christian Science Monitor,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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 24 Apr. 2025.
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