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verb

present participle of soft-pedal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soft-pedaling
Noun
  • This resulted in criticism even from members of his own party.
    Daniel Markind, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum are brushing off blistering criticism of the network that has come from former President Trump in the hours before Election night 2024.
    Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • News of the strike prompted condemnations from the Biden administration the next day.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Trump’s remarks, downplayed by his fellow Republicans, drew immediate condemnation from Democrats, including his opponent Vice President Kamala Harris and Schiff.
    Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In the course of it, nearly everyone seemed to agree that there was a problem with Lewis, and he was subjected to a series of heated denunciations.
    Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Similar charges have been leveled against other prominent Israeli artists since the start of the Gaza war, but the denunciation of Zoya was particularly public.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In 2018, the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi at a Saudi consulate also stalled the promotion of Neom as Crown Prince Mohammed faced global censure and scrutiny over the incident.
    Angela Yang, NBC News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Yet the political positions that Russian exiles tend to embrace in the West, either out of conviction or to avoid censure, imperil their political credibility in Russia.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • But the invective obscured a salient truth: many people were still unclear about where Harris stood on some of the central issues.
    Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
  • But over the weekend his invective was turned directly on Navarro.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Flash forward 92-plus years to Donald Trump’s rally Sunday at New York’s Madison Square Garden, a bleak, lurid festival of racist hate and profane vituperation so vile that even fellow Republicans, who have turned a blind eye to Trump’s character for years, are distancing themselves from the event.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The politicization of the COVID response has only worsened this trend, likely resulting in part from Trump’s vituperation.
    Matt Motta, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024

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“Soft-pedaling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soft-pedaling. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.

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