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as in to ignore
to dismiss as of little importance
the differences between the two factions are too great to be papered over in the name of party unity
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as in to conceal
to keep secret or shut off from view
the company tried to paper over its red ink, issuing assurances that it was still financially sound
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Recent Examples of paper over
Jimmy Kimmel papers over silences, or throws to Guillermo if need be.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 May 2024
Perhaps the United States can paper over these divisions with strong economic growth.
—Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024
Random chance has largely papered over those negatives so far this season.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The latest government attempt to paper over the problem, in place since 2018, expired at the end of March.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 25 June 2024
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 3 May 2024
Perhaps the United States can paper over these divisions with strong economic growth.
—Robert A. Pape, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2024
Random chance has largely papered over those negatives so far this season.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
The latest government attempt to paper over the problem, in place since 2018, expired at the end of March.
—Mick Krever, CNN, 25 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper over
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Tech company CEOs who largely sat on the sidelines for the presidential election sent their congratulations Wednesday to President-elect Donald Trump, ignoring Trump’s history of threats against some of them and joining their peer Elon Musk in welcoming Trump back to power.David Ingram, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Lucy, of course, totally ignores this advice and tries to save the first two victims of the serial killer – Brian and Val.Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 5 Nov. 2024
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The document, filed by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, has been redacted to conceal plot and character details about The Pitt, which is yet to be released.Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
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Some are concealing their autism and dealing with the resulting feelings of isolation, while others thrive in the communities and support structures around them.Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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Now, our son is making overtures on behalf of his wife to just forgive and forget.R. Eric Thomas, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Sounds to me like your friend can’t, won’t, or is disinclined to forgive you.James Parker, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Super Bowl contender hiding in plain sight Philadelphia Phillies star Bryce Harper signed a 13-year, $330 million contract in early 2019 in what was a record deal at the time.David K. Li, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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But Bill Belichick has nothing in particular to offer when journalists ask about coaches hiding the effects of the disease.Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024
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Because some of these features are more technical in nature, people often overlook them.Kelvin Chan, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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This backcountry Breckenridge home, which becomes its own glorified snow globe each winter, overlooks the Tenmile range’s highest peak, Mount Quandary.Stephanie Vermillion, Outside Online, 6 Nov. 2024
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But this focus on labor obscures the fact that slavery also represented enormous wealth that was extraordinarily liquid: an enslaved person represented cash that could be forced to work, forced to breed, forced to relocate.Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 3 Nov. 2024
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The crowd trickled back to their cars, deep time obscured by darkness.Lane Sainty, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2024
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Abramovitch explained how Swift could have been an exception to this rule because her career in both country and pop music gives her fans on both sides of the American political divide.Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Elena Ferrante explains that the earthquake was an exterior thing.Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
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One of our colleagues who lives north of the park says that, this morning, the cars parked on her block were covered in a fine layer of sooty ash.Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 9 Nov. 2024
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Those forests cover the Front Range from just south of Interstate 70 to the Wyoming border.John Meyer, The Denver Post, 9 Nov. 2024
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“Paper over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper%20over. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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