gloss over
Example Sentences
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Somehow, he could gloss over the whole appearing/disappearing part of the story, just as he’d glossed over it when Katherine was telling about the vanishing man in Mr. Reardon’s office.
From Literature
It was the kind of routine email that employees would normally gloss over.
Some of the most popular video games in the world have a military theme, and have been accused of glamourising or glossing over the reality of armed conflicts - something the companies behind them reject.
From BBC
Cryptocurrencies and blockchain products have brought efficiencies and advances to payments systems, but it would be a mistake to tout such benefits while glossing over crypto’s dark side.
“You want to actively increase your retirement contributions. So many people do ‘set it and forget it,’ and it’s so easy to gloss over.
From MarketWatch
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
