whitewashing
Example Sentences
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Instead of leaning into cliché or whitewashing, he radiated dignity, cultural pride and a new kind of Black romantic masculinity—sensual without becoming caricature.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026
But if Gilligan’s story and others are in conversation with the censorship and whitewashing tides that caught 2025 in its undertow, that can’t be helped.
From Salon • Dec. 29, 2025
Indeed, their investigatory history appears to be one of whitewashing scandals at the court.
From Slate • Jan. 22, 2024
He has, for example, written on Bulgaria whitewashing its role in the atrocity.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023
But none of the men whitewashing the round rocks that lined the path stood up and walked.
From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong
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