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Recent Examples of tongue-in-cheek
With his tongue-in-cheek portrayal of himself, outlandish costumes (a wedding veil and a hair band adorned with chess pieces are among his more subtle accessories) and unabating love of drama, the Scottish multihyphenate has subverted the norms of TV host.
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Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
The tongue-in-cheek post may be a reference to the fact that the game does not appear to be very popular.
—Sherisse Pham, NPR, 11 June 2025
The producers hide tongue-in-cheek details in the rooms each season.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
And that drought has morphed from a tongue-in-cheek taunt about Canada's hockey prowess into serious conversations about Canadian national identity, as President Donald Trump openly talks about annexing America's next-door neighbor.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 4 June 2025
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Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
The tongue-in-cheek post may be a reference to the fact that the game does not appear to be very popular.
—Sherisse Pham, NPR, 11 June 2025
The producers hide tongue-in-cheek details in the rooms each season.
—Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
And that drought has morphed from a tongue-in-cheek taunt about Canada's hockey prowess into serious conversations about Canadian national identity, as President Donald Trump openly talks about annexing America's next-door neighbor.
—David K. Li, NBC news, 4 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongue-in-cheek
Adjective
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In turn, much of My Face Hurts From Smiling is downright flippant.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
27 June 2025
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Her flippant attitude toward school, her refusal to talk through her grief, and her slippery grasp on the concepts of right and wrong can all be traced to that fateful night in this garage.—
Stacia Brown,
Vulture,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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To be facetious, how many of those people who committed mass murder in the fifth largest city in America went to death row?—
Dave Zirin,
Rolling Stone,
17 June 2025
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At first, Yellow Face offers a facetious and overly complicated panorama, shuffling Daniel Dae Kim’s glibly intellectual DHH and Francis Jue’s heartfelt HYH among the Asian, black, and white supporting actors who portray various egotistic New York professionals.—
Armond White,
National Review,
21 May 2025
Adjective
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The term has moved from being a literal reference to a livestream audience to a kind of ironic nickname for your friends—or anyone watching you in the moment.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
23 June 2025
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Others called the policy ironic, noting that most low-income residents still can’t afford electric vehicles — so the discount may go largely unused.—
Tina Li,
Sacbee.com,
20 June 2025
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He’s regarded as someone who’s down-to-earth, a tremendous teammate and a dressing room cutup thanks to his quick and wry sense of humour.—
Daniel Nugent-Bowman,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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The sense of incidence with which May ’68 plays out, far in the background, speaks to a film for which the political is of little importance, or at least one that reflects the political through wry non-confrontations.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Too often, leaders are stuck between moral maximalism and cynical cost-cutting.—
HEC Paris Insights,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Mamdani proposes to pay for these splendid gifts to the city’s voters by raising taxes even further on the city’s top income earners, in the cynical belief that those who make up his tax base are stuck there, cannot flee, and are thus cows to be helplessly milked.—
The Editors,
National Review,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Along the way, hikers will pass by a few creeks — some dry, others with water — and cross over wooden bridges.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 June 2025
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The most surprising result was how tightly curled my hair was post-blow dry.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
23 June 2025
Adjective
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It has been widely considered one of the most poignant tracks in Yungblud’s catalog to date.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
20 June 2025
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On June 18, The Baltimore Sun published a very moving and poignant editorial cartoon showing a picture of Minnesota with the state’s eastern border as the silhouette of a weeping Uncle Sam.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2025
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“Tongue-in-cheek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue-in-cheek. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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