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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

It can seem a little facile, as it often does when you analyze the art in terms of the life, but it’s also fairly persuasive.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 6, 2024

However, the first season of “House of the Dragon” doesn’t as easily lend itself to facile parallels.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2024

Miss Adebayo visited and said something about grief, something nice-sounding and facile: Grief was the celebration of love, those who could feel real grief were lucky to have loved.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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