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gloss

[glos, glaws] / glɒs, glɔs /






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It has a gloss to it, a kind of quiet sheen that standard mayo simply does not.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

Ozon gives it all a fascinatingly detached gloss so that our curiosity is well-tapped.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

As my experience over the past few weeks has shown, we can benefit from such exchanges without having to gloss over or ignore our differences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Shivam Dube added gloss with late-order hitting and Axar Patel starred in the field.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Oppie spoke in abstract terms because, as he acknowledged, the government’s demand for nuclear secrecy required him to gloss over the horrific details.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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