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as in glib
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as in hypocritical
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Adjective
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In our culture, right now, people are very quick to be glib, and short, and not lean on the power of language.—
Damon Wise, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2026
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Spectropolis is never glib about the transparent profit motive sustaining such rites.—
Adjective
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His fall played as tabloid morality tale, at once confirming secular suspicion about hypocritical Christians and Christian suspicions about the temptations of secular trappings.—
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And now, with several countries withdrawing from global governance, Jin thinks those lecturing China on being responsible are being hypocritical.—
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At Fox, where Kelly once served as a popular primetime anchor, the network’s usually voluble anchors have stayed silent as their onetime colleagues battle it out.—
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Andy Hicks is a big, voluble, tattooed dude with long straggly hair and beard.—
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One wrong look or insincere angle and the conversation can go sideways.—
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The man whom Navarro likes to call the Boss seems to value insincere, or bought, obeisance—the flapping and fussing of a maître d’—more than heartfelt fandom, which lacks the piquancy of humiliation.—
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And your leadership needs to create conditions where everyone—not just the well-resourced or well-spoken—can thrive.—
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He's described in Fire & Blood as clever, well-spoken, and corpulent.—
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Smith’s flow is no longer conversational, liquidy and silver-tongued; his lyrics are no longer convivial or directed straight to the heart and head.—
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Benjamin Laker is a university professor who writes about leadership Summary Beware the two-faced colleague!—
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There’s a constituency within the White House that still believes Apple is two-faced, all talk and no action.—
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Information has never been cheaper or more plentiful, but the things that matter are very likely to be lost in this digital ocean if they are not outright destroyed by the false or facile.—
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The play’s clearly still the thing, but its invocations here seem facile in the face of a father’s grief.—
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“Smooth-tongued.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smooth-tongued. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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