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Recent Examples of tongue-in-cheek
TikTok users reacted in a big way to the tongue-in-cheek post, which has been liked over 1.4 million times.
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Those fans saluted him with a standing ovation Thursday, accompanied by a jumbotron tribute video despite Jordan’s tongue-in-cheek insistence that Caldwell-Pope should be treated with hostility.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
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A 63-year-old man's tongue-in-cheek story about a recent doctor visit ended in an incredibly unexpected way, leading him to go viral in the process.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Their cheerful, tongue-in-cheek performance won the 1994 world championships.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 30 Jan. 2025
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Justin Gest, Newsweek, 11 Feb. 2025
Those fans saluted him with a standing ovation Thursday, accompanied by a jumbotron tribute video despite Jordan’s tongue-in-cheek insistence that Caldwell-Pope should be treated with hostility.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
Hysterics At Unexpected Way Boomer 'Manages The Steps' By
Rachael O'Connor
Life and Trends Reporter
Newsweek Is A Trust Project Member
news article
0
A 63-year-old man's tongue-in-cheek story about a recent doctor visit ended in an incredibly unexpected way, leading him to go viral in the process.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
Their cheerful, tongue-in-cheek performance won the 1994 world championships.
—Holly Yan, CNN, 30 Jan. 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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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
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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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How ironic that a color designed to help soldiers blend in is the ultimate sartorial hack for standing out.—
Tom Stubbs,
Robb Report,
23 Feb. 2025
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The practice has existed since at least 1947, when a 21-year-old William F. Buckley and some of his friends showed up at a rally for the left-wing presidential candidate, Henry Wallace, wearing ironic bohemian getups.—
Ali Breland,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 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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It’s packed with tough love, cathartic activities, and positive affirmations that won’t leave cynical folks rolling their eyes.—
Kristin Canning,
SELF,
25 Feb. 2025
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It’s been cool and cynical, surreal and silly, bold enough to make adolescents of all ages feel daring for staying up past 11:30 (or catching up on YouTube the next morning) and safe enough to keep advertisers and network executives happy.—
A.O. Scott,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Add half the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until combined.—
Angelica Stabile,
Fox News,
23 Feb. 2025
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Allowing linens the opportunity to air dry will increase their longevity and stop them from getting musty.—
Clint Davis,
People.com,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Matt Waldron’s answer to the fourth-grader was particularly poignant.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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Its snappy, postmodern unfurling, rife with intentionally obvious rear projections, does eventually give way to moving dimensions as the family’s history fades into view, but few political or personal elements amount to anything poignant.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Tongue-in-cheek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue-in-cheek. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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