as in flattery
excessive praise
a junior exec who was laying on the butter so thickly that her colleagues were ready to gag
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The real danger is not the flattery itself.
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Imitation is the greatest form of flattery, and that's exactly why beautiful paint colors are subject to overuse.
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The school system received significant state and national praise for improved test scores.
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Florida’s Risk Protection Order law was never designed to win praise from gun-safety advocates.
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Practical self-care items such as thick lotions, face masks and soft soaps that don’t irritate skin. Pragmatic.
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People should wash any skin that comes into contact with the slurry with water and soft soap, before using a hand cream to avoid dryness and cracking.
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Watch an encounter full of sweet talk, gaslighting and tension here.
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Don’t fall for compliments that don’t feel genuine, and don’t be afraid to confront whatever’s beneath someone’s sweet talk.
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Each member derives her own realizations from this experience, with its dual crucibles of grindingly hard work and pop adulation.
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Hymns of praise and adulation are sung in honour of both men.
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The trick went down well with the Swansea supporters and earned a League Two footballer wider acclaim.
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The group went on to earn national and international acclaim before its swaggering leader, Country Dick Montana, died on stage midway through a 1995 show in Whistler, Canada.
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“Butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butter. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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