gloss over
Example Sentences
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That also has unsettling contextual implications that the writers can’t gloss over.
From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026
It was the kind of routine email that employees would normally gloss over.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
On the day itself, reporters tend to gloss over those opening pages afterwards, because the choices are more newsworthy than the argument.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2025
If you’re in early retirement — or close to it — you don’t want to gloss over the announcement of new tax brackets for 2026 as next year’s problem.
From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025
Naturally, I shall gloss over details and mention only what seem to me the trends most relevant to this book.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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