gloze (over)

verb

Definition of gloze (over)next
1
as in to gloss (over)
to make (something) seem less bad by offering excuses he tried to gloze over his drinking problem by noting that he had never done drugs

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2
as in to ignore
to dismiss as of little importance we're certainly willing to gloze over a couple of minor historical inaccuracies in an otherwise splendid movie

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gloze (over)
  1. ignore
  2. excuse
  3. forgive
  4. explain
  5. overlook
  6. justify
  7. explain away
  8. pass over
Verb
  • The macOS users who ignore this warning do so at their own peril.
    Davey Winder, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Get best-in-class reporting that's too important to ignore for just $2.50 $1 per month for 1 year.
    Jaina Grey, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of ignore
Verb
  • The report, along with another on durable goods orders, was originally scheduled for release Tuesday, but both were moved up a day by the Census Bureau following President Joe Biden’s executive order excusing federal-government workers from duty on Dec. 24.
    Bloomberg, Orange County Register, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The 36-year-old has shown some promise with the ball at his feet but his two mistakes for United goals cannot be excused.
    Jay Harris, The Athletic, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of excuse
Verb
  • Not forgiven, but you were accorded a few more days to tidy up your elastic finances.
    Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Baseball seems to be moving toward forgiving the legends of the Steroid Era.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of forgive
Verb
  • Honoring your own culture An effective way to navigate these conversations is by explaining to your child that their friend's hairstyle is a way of honoring their culture—and that your child can celebrate their own culture, too.
    Leslie D. Rose, Parents, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Giving them a break while cutting benefits to lower-income Americans, also under discussion, could be politically difficult to explain.
    Kate Murphy, Axios, 14 Jan. 2025
Definition of explain
Verb
  • Photo : Gabe Border A lofted office space has wraparound windows overlooking the mountains.
    Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The picnic area, which has tables, grills, and bathrooms, overlooks the ocean and is especially lovely.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of overlook
Verb
  • Ignoring basic forest stewardship while crying ‘climate change’ is nothing more than a convenient excuse to justify inaction.
    Danielle B. Franz, National Review, 13 Jan. 2025
  • In his book Orientalism, Edward Said famously revealed the ways that Western literature had depicted Arabs as exotic, backward, irrational, and in need of guidance—portrayals that served, consciously or not, to justify a colonial mindset toward them.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of justify
Verb
  • Vibes are still bad with this team, where Sunday, owner Woody Johnson left the interim staff to explain away an awful year.
    Chris Branch, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Yes, Sunday’s performance was the same kind of game that was explained away early in the season, bemoaned in the fall and has become unavoidable in the twilight of the campaign.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 22 Dec. 2024
Definition of explain away
Verb
  • But of course, the company doesn’t actually pass over those earnings to shareholders directly.
    Michael Foster, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
  • But the erotic drama has polarized audiences and didn’t exactly light up the Christmas box office, either, and the 17-time SAG nominee was ultimately passed over this year.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of pass over
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