glibness

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Recent Examples of glibness Advertisement Still, Trump’s apparent glibness comes as the Republican Party faces what could be challenging midterm elections, as the economy and affordability remain top concerns for voters. Chad De Guzman, Time, 11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glibness
Noun
  • Anything that prices it more often, more independently and more granularly works against the smoothness.
    Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • Marketing claims about smoothness, energy, and mood are starting points for evaluation, not endpoints.
    Allison Palmer Updated June 24, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • Is the artificiality and structural restriction of the majority of the season a lure for a show on the verge of going thoroughly bonkers in its finale?
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
  • Yet Voisard believes people are increasingly tuning into animal livestreams to escape artificiality.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026
Noun
  • But honesty doesn’t always save a career, and duplicity doesn’t always sink one.
    Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 June 2026
  • Molloy rages to his film crew, and Lestat’s duplicity plants a wedge between the vamps.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 23 June 2026
Noun
  • Bad mini cones are made with soggy cones and sweet, fluffy filling that has none of the unctuousness of real ice cream.
    Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • This formula decongests the skin and is great for those who want to improve skin texture and oiliness.
    Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 22 June 2026
  • This is why during pregnancy, some pre-existing skincare concerns, like chronic breakouts or oiliness, either completely vanish or temporarily worsen.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • That’s the deficiency side of integrity—where authenticity gives way to fakery, consistency erodes into unpredictability, and transparency slips into manipulation…But swing too far in the other direction, and the skyscraper becomes overly rigid—too stiff to sway with the wind.
    Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The green-screen effects are knowing in their outright fakery; the nerdiness of the whole enterprise is lampshaded with a whole setpiece in a comic-book store.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 2 June 2026
Noun
  • In the wrong hands, those points of reference could land like an affectation, but instead, the band’s embrace of them feels genuine.
    Nick Laskin, Pitchfork, 20 May 2026
  • The 33-year-old Indianapolis native can trace its origins to a natural inclination toward performing and a lifelong admiration of Diane Sawyer and Katie Couric, but there's no step-by-step guide on how Sullivan mastered the affectation.
    Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 4 May 2026

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“Glibness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glibness. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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