put a gloss on
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The two companies put a gloss on Big Tech earnings season as they reversed the narrative about the risks they faced from slow progress in AI and the impact of tariffs.
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
Smith's conversion put a gloss on the scoreboard, which read 14-0 to the Lions.
From BBC • Jul. 5, 2025
To put a gloss on even standard scripted fare, there are heavily promoted “cross-over” episodes for sibling series such as NBC’s “Chicago” dramas and CBS’ “NCIS” spinoffs.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2019
Three-time national hammer champion Amber Campbell threw a lifetime best 74.03 meters on her final attempt to put a gloss on her qualification for the Rio Olympics at the American trials on Wednesday.
From Reuters • Jul. 6, 2016
Look how the fair one weeps!—the conscious tears Stand thick as dew-drops on the bells of flowers: Honest effusion! the swoln heart in vain Works hard to put a gloss on its distress.
From The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes by Gilfillan, George
