gloss over
Example Sentences
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It was the kind of routine email that employees would normally gloss over.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026
“You want to actively increase your retirement contributions. So many people do ‘set it and forget it,’ and it’s so easy to gloss over.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 29, 2025
Still, the economic vibes people felt were a real thing — and trying to gloss over voters’ concerns was a mistake.
From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025
“The internet has always allowed us to participate in mass nostalgia,” Lorenz said, because “social media encourages us to gloss over the bad.”
From Slate • Nov. 13, 2024
“Come here, Morg,” she said, and she ran the lip gloss over Morgan’s lips.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
