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Recent Examples of two-faced Benjamin Laker is a university professor who writes about leadership Summary Beware the two-faced colleague! Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025 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 Caesar's Julian calendar set January 1st as the official start of the year to honor the Roman god Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions, who was symbolized by a two-faced figure looking both forward and backward. Brandi D. Addison, The Arizona Republic, 31 Dec. 2024 During the live stream on Thursday, Wiggins claimed that Reynolds, the ex-husband of Star Jones, is jealous, two-faced and attempting to sabotage the show, which runs on the Fox Soul streaming service. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 14 June 2024 Since celestial twins symbolize the sign, Gemini tends to be unfairly stereotyped as two-faced or manipulative. Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024 From a tax perspective, though, this creates a two-faced problem. Byirina Ivanova, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024 The response has been swift and merciless, with politicians and pundits describing Poland as two-faced, disloyal, pro-Russian and anti-Ukrainian. Marek Magierowski, WSJ, 26 Sep. 2023 Another Saturnian satellite, two-faced Iapetus, puzzles astronomers with one bright hemisphere and one that is as black as coal. Laurie Rich Salerno, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2010
Recent Examples of Synonyms for two-faced
Adjective
  • Lightcap—who joined OpenAI from Y Combinator in 2018—double-majored in economics and history in college.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The ball went into the dugout, allowing Max Kepler to advance to second, scoring on Nick Castellanos’ double.
    Levi Weaver, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • As a precaution, health and trade associations are urging consumers and bars to destroy or properly dispose of empty bottles to prevent counterfeiters from reusing them in the production of fake liquor.
    Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 12 Oct. 2025
  • After going for it on fourth-and-short successfully with a direct snap to Hall on a fake punt, the Jets proceeded to … run out the clock with runs, short passes, and by not snapping the ball on fourth down.
    Devon Henderson, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • However, his latest mistake is very hypocritical and raises some questions about double standards in his coaching.
    Drew VonScio, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • What most activates Dunn’s rage is the misogyny that only deepened amid all the pretended freedoms of the counterculture.
    Sam Sacks, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The woman is long gone, so Freer has to imagine her consent — in a history so full of gaps, coercion, and disappearance, a pretended connection is better than none at all.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2022
Adjective
  • The pop of color offers a shimmer-free (rare!) means of warming up a wedding look and works equally well at lip level.
    Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2025
  • By After Testing Over 30 Best Sellers By Siena Gagliano Unlike balms, which can make lip color slide around, a primer locks it in while keeping lips soft and comfortable.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Just don't glaze because that's heaping someone with excessive and insincere praise.
    Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Weirdly brassy dye job aside, Clarke is impressively natural as Alex’s easy smiles and superficial charm give way to flop sweat and nervous tics.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Whereas Black Ops 6 relished in the texture of its period setting, giving players maps ranging from a warlord’s villa filled with luxury cars or dilapidated bus depots overgrown with foliage, BLOPS 7 has a superficial glossiness to each of its levels.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Room for Disagreement The UAE’s relationship with Israel has become strained in recent years over the devastation in Gaza and threats from some Israeli politicians to annex the West Bank — a move that would effectively end hopes for a Palestinian state.
    Yossi Shelley, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Ending the war will offer the Israeli leader relief from daily headlines of IDF casualties, strained reservist forces, increasing international isolation and severe economic damage – heavy burdens for electoral campaigns.
    Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Two-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/two-faced. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.

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