gloss over
phrasal verb
glossed over; glossing over; glosses over
: to treat or describe (something, such as a serious problem or error) as if it were not important
He glossed over the accident.
The problems were ignored or glossed over.
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Unprocessed-food moms on social media tend to gloss over the sheer amount of money and prep work involved in life without convenience foods.
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Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
Redwine and the film crew were careful to walk the line between inspirational and tragic — not zeroing in on challenges of living with a disability but not glossing over them, either.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
The bias is that the first question assumes or glosses over the legitimacy of caging, tacitly accepting the human agricultural system as the baseline.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
In a recent interview with The School of Hard Knocks, a popular social-media channel known for interviewing wealthy entrepreneurs, Repole shared his contrarian view on entrepreneurship, emphasizing the brutal realities that most success stories gloss over.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
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Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 13 Oct. 2025
Redwine and the film crew were careful to walk the line between inspirational and tragic — not zeroing in on challenges of living with a disability but not glossing over them, either.
—Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 10 Oct. 2025
The bias is that the first question assumes or glosses over the legitimacy of caging, tacitly accepting the human agricultural system as the baseline.
—Jonny Thomson, Big Think, 8 Oct. 2025
In a recent interview with The School of Hard Knocks, a popular social-media channel known for interviewing wealthy entrepreneurs, Repole shared his contrarian view on entrepreneurship, emphasizing the brutal realities that most success stories gloss over.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
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“Gloss over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gloss%20over. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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