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candy-coat

verb as in sugarcoat

verb as in sweeten

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People now like to candy-coat and be very virtuous pointing out why you’re a problem, but it’s the same behavior.

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“It makes for a weird balance for preachers, because in no way should we ever weaken or candy-coat a text to make it more palatable, because we want people to not get mad about being political,” Terfa said.

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"When people ask us questions we answer honestly ... we're not going to candy-coat the truth, she has treated people horribly," her half-sister, Samantha, said in a recent interview.

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"When people ask us questions we answer honestly ... we're not going to candy-coat the truth, she has treated people horribly," she said.

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“He has an unbelievable knack, as they say, to ‘keep it real’ with the guys and not candy-coat anything,” Romar said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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