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Recent Examples of schmaltz
The positive thread treats this less as prestige cinema and more as a feel-good jukebox experience, repeatedly framing schmaltz as intentional and welcome.
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2025
The movie is antiquated sitcom, very much in an ‘80s vein, its veneer of schmaltz garnished with a tinkling score by Hans Zimmer that should come with a sugar-content warning.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Dec. 2025
Ross gets away with such a surfeit of sentiment precisely because of his naturally caustic inclinations; the jokes are sharp enough and the laughs are hard and plentiful enough that all of the schmaltz feels not just charming but well-earned.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
At the heart of the kitchen is a spinning rotisserie loaded with chickens—whose drippings are used to make crisp, golden schmaltz potatoes.
—Michael Moberly, Saveur, 13 Aug. 2025
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Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2025
The movie is antiquated sitcom, very much in an ‘80s vein, its veneer of schmaltz garnished with a tinkling score by Hans Zimmer that should come with a sugar-content warning.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 10 Dec. 2025
Ross gets away with such a surfeit of sentiment precisely because of his naturally caustic inclinations; the jokes are sharp enough and the laughs are hard and plentiful enough that all of the schmaltz feels not just charming but well-earned.
—Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2025
At the heart of the kitchen is a spinning rotisserie loaded with chickens—whose drippings are used to make crisp, golden schmaltz potatoes.
—Michael Moberly, Saveur, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmaltz
Noun
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Can of corn Gavin McVey was sitting in the left field stands with his mom, Celeste, brother Mason and friend David Maya when Padres outfielder Ramon Laureano launched a pitch from Tigers reliever Drew Anderson just inside the foul pole in the seventh inning for a solo homer.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2026
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Ethanol is brewed from corn, supporting crop prices and thereby helping grain farmers.—
Chicago Tribune,
Twin Cities,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The second is a 100-day sludge line that will poison the reserves oil-hungry nations are racing to drain.—
Siddharth Misra,
Fortune,
28 Mar. 2026
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The smog season regularly did a number on our mile-high mountains, wrapping them in a brown cloak of invisibility until wind and rain swept the sludge away.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Schmaltz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmaltz. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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