Gloss and Ignore

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Gloss verb - To make smooth or glossy usually by repeatedly applying surface pressure.

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Ignore and gloss are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ignore" instead a verb "Gloss".

Nearby Words: glossy, glossed, glossiness, glossing

Ignore verb - To dismiss as of little importance.

Usage example: although the movie is a cinematic tour de force, one can't ignore the fact that it seriously distorts history

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Gloss and ignore are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Gloss" instead a verb "Ignore".

Nearby Words: ignorance, ignoring

Tomato in the Mirror: Most of the hallucinations are aware that they aren't actually there, and Stephen often directly addresses it with them, but they tend to ignore or gloss over it whenever convenient.

Source: Literature / Legion
Although most adaptations gloss over or ignore the fact, the aristocratic Raoul pursuing a marriage with opera singer Christine in

Source: Uptown Girl
The fact that history classes in Japanese high schools either gloss over or ignore the War doesn't help either.

Source: Overshadowed by Controversy

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