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buttering up

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verb

present participle of butter up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buttering up
Noun
  • People should wash any skin that comes into contact with the slurry with water and soft soap, before using a hand cream to avoid dryness and cracking.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Most of the questions aimed at the ironic American director of Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas were less softballs than soft soap, with reporters as interested in Scorsese’s favorite food — his mother’s lasagna recipe — as the movies in his peerless filmography.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • Embracing the method dressing approach, Hilton Rothschild wore a bespoke skirt suit by Rebecca Vallance in trending butter yellow to the horse racing event.
    Maggie Clancy, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024
  • To reduce saturated fat, avoid full-fat dairy and butter when cooking your oatmeal.
    Karina Tolentino, Verywell Health, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • From there, according to the report, the sweet talk quickly moves to messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Google Chat or Telegram.
    Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Just in case that gave Reba a leg up, don't let her sweet talk you.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • The community Elder—a term of endearment and respect conferred onto her by her community—hosts experiences centered on Aboriginal art and Dreamtime stories, local history and culture, as well as educational food talks.
    Riley Wilson, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Oct. 2024
  • It’s also not meant to be used as a term of endearment for babies, Cao notes.
    Marilyn La Jeunesse, Parents, 23 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • Other tests showed that models can show what’s called a sycophancy bias — the tendency of an LLM to backpedal on a correct answer to please the user.
    Stephen Ornes, Quanta Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Yeah, there is nothing but sycophancy and repulsing his enemies.
    Leah Feiger, WIRED, 19 Sep. 2024
Verb
  • Osbourne’s statement was championed in her comments section, with followers applauding her honesty.
    Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The crowd ate it up, applauding the 44-year-old Shazam!
    Benjamin Svetkey, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Buttering up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buttering%20up. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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