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facile

[fas-il, -ahyl] / ˈfæs ɪl, -aɪl /


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“Picasso: The Last Years, 1963-1973,” an exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, suggests that this final frenzy was not a facile coda to an epic life.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

It is hard to overstate just how facile this whole enterprise has proved to be.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2026

We can easily imagine the real Scorsese has had to face similar ordeals with facile Hollywood suits.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

A facile “Prophecy” reader might joke that the channel is substituting spaceships for dragons.

From Salon • Nov. 17, 2024

Burr’s facile shift in his allegiance, the first in what would be several similarly agile switches during his career, captured Hamilton’s attention and produced his first recorded anti-Burr remarks, questioning Burr’s lack of political principle.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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