euphemisms
Example Sentences
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He was resented for puncturing euphemisms of communal self-regard.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
And it could shift the national conversation from euphemisms and proxies to the real question: What do we owe the descendants of those who built this country?
From Slate • Oct. 7, 2025
In one of the film’s most charged moments, Peck turns Orwell’s warning about political language into a montage of modern euphemisms: “peacekeeping operations,” “collateral damage,” “illegals” — and then, pointedly, “antisemitism 2024.”
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2025
They use euphemisms online to communicate the things they are not supposed to mention.
From New York Times • Jun. 4, 2024
One of these was the co-optative power of management, illustrated by such euphemisms as associate and team member.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
