whitewashing
Example Sentences
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What’s key to remember is that this new wave of hype surrounding East Asian media is less keen on whitewashing or objectifying than it may have been during previous eras.
From Salon
Users ask: How do we honor this holiday without whitewashing it?
From Salon
Rewriting and whitewashing the past, whether of a nation or its leaders, is standard operating procedure.
From Salon
I’m not in any way whitewashing what I did, but some people have been kind and compassionate.
From Salon
He has, for example, written on Bulgaria whitewashing its role in the atrocity.
From Los Angeles Times
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