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Recent Examples of tongue-in-cheek
Fox is a brilliant comedic talent, playing into her own public persona in a hilarious tongue-in-cheek way.
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Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
The tongue-in-cheek bit, with Mohan playing the straight man, helped establish his willingness to engage with creators on their own terms.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Dogecoin, a tongue-in-cheek bitcoin rival that was embraced by Elon Musk, is one of the original memecoins and rocketed to an $80 billion market capitalization during the Covid-era crypto rally before crashing back.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
In keeping with the artist’s preferred medium — words as graphics — they are splashed with tongue-in-cheek catchphrases.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tongue-in-cheek
Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
The tongue-in-cheek bit, with Mohan playing the straight man, helped establish his willingness to engage with creators on their own terms.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Dogecoin, a tongue-in-cheek bitcoin rival that was embraced by Elon Musk, is one of the original memecoins and rocketed to an $80 billion market capitalization during the Covid-era crypto rally before crashing back.
—Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
In keeping with the artist’s preferred medium — words as graphics — they are splashed with tongue-in-cheek catchphrases.
—Martino Carrera, WWD, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for tongue-in-cheek
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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Trump has been pushing an imperialist vision that includes U.S. acquisition of Greenland, Panama, and — on a more facetious note — Canada.—
Andrew Solender,
Axios,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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That’s what’s so ironic about the relationship between these two men.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2025
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Musk's intervention is somewhat ironic, given his free speech crusade.—
Jibin Joseph,
PC Magazine,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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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
Adjective
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While his Late Night forerunner Letterman was probably the comedic polestar of Generation X—gruff, cynical, and biting the hand that fed—O’Brien became a bedrock influence for the next generation of Millennial comics.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
22 Mar. 2025
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And because Disney remakes of one sort or another just keep coming, from Mulan to Pinocchio to The Little Mermaid, the temptation to be cynical about them is enormous.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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But Lawson looked off the pace in qualifying in Melbourne for the season opener, starting 18th before crashing out in the race as Red Bull gambled to leave him out on dry tyres when rain arrived.—
Dan Cancian,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The driest years resulted in dangerously low water levels in Gatun Lake that made canal operations difficult, including in 1998, 2016 and most recently 2023-2024.—
Karina Garcia,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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At that second, a song about anime boobs had never sounded sweeter and more poignant.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
28 Mar. 2025
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The Great Unravelling For that reason, my visit with Nye was also poignant.—
Penny Abeywardena,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Tongue-in-cheek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue-in-cheek. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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