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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
  • For some Obamacare beneficiaries, premiums are expected to more than double, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation (aka KFF), a nonprofit health care research organization.
    Todd Spangler, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • On the morning of June 3, Pandora's mother, Simone Kjolsrud, told The Republic that on May 26, the pair were victims of a double homicide while the teens were on a camping trip.
    Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Methanol is an industrial chemical that can cause nerve and liver damage and is sometimes found in fake or poorly distilled alcohol.
    Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Aside from games like volleyball and dominoes, Gach says some children stage fake ambushes on one another while pretending to be government forces or rebel fighters.
    Juliana Kim, NPR, 5 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
  • So, pretty people and sunshine are a superficial symptom of something much deeper.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Mark’s bond with another trainer, Bas Rutten (played by the real-life former wrestler and broadcaster Bas Rutten), is similarly superficial.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Qatar is deepening its presence in Egypt after more than a decade of strained ties.
    Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Reports about father and son’s strained relationship have been everywhere of late.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Two-faced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/two-faced. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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