gloss over

phrasal verb

glossed over; glossing over; glosses over

: to treat or describe (something, such as a serious problem or error) as if it were not important

He glossed over the accident.

The problems were ignored or glossed over.

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Nina Turner, a former co-chair of Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential campaign, said the new chair cannot gloss over the mistakes of 2024. —

Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025 This unabashedly upbeat take on the creator economy glosses over the precarious nature of platform labor. —

Brooke Erin Duffy, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 Throughout, the film glosses over the ins and outs of political wrangling, an approach likely to disappoint anyone obsessed with those details. —

Caryn James, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Jan. 2025 However, a new Nvidia generative AI technology dubbed Cosmos, that some folks might have glossed over due to its complexity was, in my opinion, another star of the show. —

Dave Altavilla, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for gloss over