gloss over
phrasal verb
glossed over; glossing over; glosses over
: to treat or describe (something, such as a serious problem or error) as if it were not important
He glossed over the accident.
The problems were ignored or glossed over.
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Trump’s lies about having won that election in a landslide are indefensible, but glossing over them is a price Vance has been willing to pay for his political career.
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The Editors, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024
Marvel seemingly lost the thread of that plan somewhere between WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — a follow-up film that glossed over the show’s juicy emotional beats in favor of dizzying spectacle and more explicitly horror vibes.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 19 Sep. 2024
Arguments about fertility rates are often made in abstract economic terms, and for good reason: the abstraction is necessary to gloss over the topic’s natural awkwardness in a society where a woman’s reproductive future is generally considered a matter of personal freedom.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
The past lives of her textiles—their original owners—aren’t glossed over with her artist’s hand but rather made into something anew.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
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The Editors, National Review, 2 Oct. 2024
Marvel seemingly lost the thread of that plan somewhere between WandaVision and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness — a follow-up film that glossed over the show’s juicy emotional beats in favor of dizzying spectacle and more explicitly horror vibes.
—Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 19 Sep. 2024
Arguments about fertility rates are often made in abstract economic terms, and for good reason: the abstraction is necessary to gloss over the topic’s natural awkwardness in a society where a woman’s reproductive future is generally considered a matter of personal freedom.
—Emma Green, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2024
The past lives of her textiles—their original owners—aren’t glossed over with her artist’s hand but rather made into something anew.
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
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“Gloss over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gloss%20over. Accessed 18 Oct. 2024.
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