skin-deep
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Dawn is as skin-deep as it gets, a character with no discernible motives and a frustrating absence of realism in a film that’s desperately aiming for authenticity.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2025
The story may be only skin-deep, but Banks and Pullman find something truthfully hopeless in these surface pleasures.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2024
Studies exploring skin-deep resilience have found evidence of a health toll in outwardly resilient young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds, including higher risk of inflammation, immune cell aging, metabolic disorders, and chronic disease.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2024
The pursuit of improvement was more than skin-deep: Every shopping trip offered the possibility that I would find the product that would change everything, not only my visage but my very nature.
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2023
They were also forced to live with skin-deep guilt brought on by the treatment of their former Nisei schoolmates.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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