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as in glib
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as in hypocritical
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smooth-tongued
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Widely received as a glib rebuttal to concerns about the rising cost of watching games, the commissioner’s quote will undoubtedly linger in the NBA discourse as a new season begins.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
26 Sep. 2025 -
As election strategies go, third time lucky might sound a bit glib.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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However, his latest mistake is very hypocritical and raises some questions about double standards in his coaching.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Most of these hypocritical legislators are near the completion of their involvement in the Capitol thanks to term limits.—
John Moorlach,
Oc Register,
22 Sep. 2025
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The bleachers beside the benches were nearly full and accordingly voluble.—
Dan Greene,
New Yorker,
18 Aug. 2025
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As recent college graduates face one of the toughest job markets in years, Berkeley economist and voluble Substacker Brad DeLong has a message for those struggling to land their first full-time gig: Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are not to blame.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
2 Aug. 2025
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Just don't glaze because that's heaping someone with excessive and insincere praise.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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The last time the Trump administration threatened to escalate in a manner that would have outstripped its predecessor, was to implement secondary sanctions against India and China for buying Russian oil – in response to months of insincere Russian diplomacy.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
30 Sep. 2025
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And your leadership needs to create conditions where everyone—not just the well-resourced or well-spoken—can thrive.—
Aparna Rae,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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True as that might be, Alex is white, pretty, and well-spoken.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
23 Mar. 2025
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Smith’s flow is no longer conversational, liquidy and silver-tongued; his lyrics are no longer convivial or directed straight to the heart and head.—
A.D. Amorosi,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Benjamin Laker is a university professor who writes about leadership Summary Beware the two-faced colleague!—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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There’s a constituency within the White House that still believes Apple is two-faced, all talk and no action.—
Jim Cramer,
CNBC,
13 Apr. 2025
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Both prove facile stabs at deepening their male counterparts.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2025
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The inability to perceive this limitation is amplified for LLMs as their facile use of human language suggests to humans that all other brain capabilities () exist in addition to the Communicating function, as this is the foundational cognitive basis set for all humans.—
Marcus Weldon,
Newsweek,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Smooth-tongued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smooth-tongued. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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