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Recent Examples of tongue-in-cheek
Opened in 2021 by homegrown young entrepreneur Min Dai, a champion for Beaumont as a sponsor of the city’s annual Mural Festival, his restaurant exudes Instagrammable funky charm with its tongue-in-cheek neon signs and vibrant artwork.
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Cynthia Drake, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2025
In a series of tongue-in-cheek TikTok videos purporting to highlight #WomenInMaleFields, female users are sharing stories of negative experiences dating men.
—Philip Galanes, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
But a tongue-in-cheek Heard Island government social media outlet is monitoring the situation.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
The president’s allies have argued those instances were all made in a joking or tongue-in-cheek fashion.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
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Cynthia Drake, Southern Living, 10 Apr. 2025
In a series of tongue-in-cheek TikTok videos purporting to highlight #WomenInMaleFields, female users are sharing stories of negative experiences dating men.
—Philip Galanes, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2025
But a tongue-in-cheek Heard Island government social media outlet is monitoring the situation.
—John Bacon, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2025
The president’s allies have argued those instances were all made in a joking or tongue-in-cheek fashion.
—Brett Samuels, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongue-in-cheek
Adjective
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The art of bluffing in itself, which is what the movie is all about, isn’t something to be flippant about.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
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Claiming ignorance or hyper-fixating on a flippant detail from the past gets us nowhere.—
Claire Franken,
TVLine,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Given this is an AMA, there is no clear way to tell if Perkins was being facetious or not.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
5 Mar. 2025
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That quip no longer seems so facetious as a son of exiles who fled their homeland prepares to become America’s top diplomat.—
Patrick Oppmann,
CNN,
8 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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The mood is a mix of ironic and sincere in equal measure, with plenty of pastiche and a heavy appreciation for the profundity of cultural detritus.—
Savannah Sobrevilla,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Despite her difficult childhood, Mavis persevered, through grit, bloody-mindedness, an absence of self-pity, and an ironic sense of humor.—
Margaret Atwood,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2025
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The sense of incidence with which May ’68 plays out, far in the background, speaks to a film for which the political is of little importance, or at least one that reflects the political through wry non-confrontations.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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The dialogue is alternately wry and poetic, trafficking in a deadpan magical realism, involving its bustling cast of colorful characters in a circular story, with events revisited via shifting perspectives and time frames.—
Jason Bailey,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2025
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Beyond that, Acheampong’s rapid rise and equally precipitous fall in the first two weeks of January lent itself to the more cynical notion that Maresca might have wanted to send a message to Chelsea about the need for defensive reinforcements in the winter market.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Perhaps most perplexing about Smash, though, is its weirdly cynical, ungenerous take on the Bombshell herself.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The natural sugars in dry fruits may ferment in the gut, leading to gas and discomfort.—
Faye Remedios,
Glamour,
9 Apr. 2025
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Warmer temperatures in Kansas City’s forecast After the rain, the Kansas City area will enter a quiet, dry period as temperatures warm into the weekend.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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However, what many fans do agree on is the power of how a middle-aged women's friendship group's narrative concluded—with a poignant realization on friendship and aging.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Apr. 2025
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This post contains details about the Yellowjackets, Season 3 episode ‘How the Story Ends’ As Yellowjackets fans mourn the Showtime series’ latest shocking death, the loss is especially poignant for the woman behind the team.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Tongue-in-cheek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue-in-cheek. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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