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She has very strong opinions, and she doesn't try to sugarcoat them.
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As Ian Sanders, co-founder of Riley's Way and the managing director and COO of Insight Partners, noted on a podcast, being a kind leader during a termination doesn’t mean sugarcoating the truth or avoiding difficult conversations.
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Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
This upcoming stretch could actually be dire from a process standpoint, and there’s no point sugarcoating it.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
What captivated me about the series was its unwillingness to sugarcoat the immorality of man.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
To its credit, at least the movie doesn’t try to sugarcoat Dylan, whose reputation was never all that warm and fuzzy anyway.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
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Nirit Cohen, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
This upcoming stretch could actually be dire from a process standpoint, and there’s no point sugarcoating it.
—Thomas Drance, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
What captivated me about the series was its unwillingness to sugarcoat the immorality of man.
—Jason Parham, WIRED, 26 Dec. 2024
To its credit, at least the movie doesn’t try to sugarcoat Dylan, whose reputation was never all that warm and fuzzy anyway.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Sugarcoat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sugarcoat. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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sugarcoat
verb
sug·ar·coat
ˌshu̇g-ər-ˈkōt 
: to coat with or as if with sugar
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