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Recent Examples of schmaltz
The horror factor, however, takes a back seat when Ally and Jay share comically gratuitous moments of rom-com schmaltz.
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Or whatever the fat, the combination of oil and the schmaltz at that point, would float up.
—Bon Appétit, 22 Jan. 2025
Forever, Michael has some funky, feisty music, but it’s ultimately overpowered by schmaltz.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 16 Jan. 2025
The family drama peppered through the film leans too earnest, leading to an ending that pours on the schmaltz way too hard.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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Andrea Flores, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2025
Or whatever the fat, the combination of oil and the schmaltz at that point, would float up.
—Bon Appétit, 22 Jan. 2025
Forever, Michael has some funky, feisty music, but it’s ultimately overpowered by schmaltz.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 16 Jan. 2025
The family drama peppered through the film leans too earnest, leading to an ending that pours on the schmaltz way too hard.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmaltz
Noun
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Guests can sign up to walk to the canal and toss in Genki balls, filled with microorganisms that eat away at the sludge in the canal created from manmade pollutants.—
Jalyn Robinson,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2025
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Reichardt’s previous films, such as her retro Westerns Meek’s Cutoff and First Cow, have tended towards sludge and shadows, but her competition closer opens with the golden leaves of a New England fall, slightly faded to the paler golds of an Ektachrome postcard of the era.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Unlike liquid sanitizer, wipes won't leak in your bag, which means no surprise goo on your stuff.—
Gregory Robinson,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2025
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The song structures melt into goo; the lyrics pelt flecks of raw feeling.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
3 Dec. 2024
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“Schmaltz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmaltz. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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