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What does gloss over mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word gloss over? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To cover up a mistake or a crime; to hush up or whitewash.
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To treat something with less care than it deserves; to skimp.
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He also said health care providers should not gloss over possible or suspect cases.
They gloss over rather than pinpoint problems, and still lack summaries, analysis of options, and firm conclusions and recommendations.
But we cannot gloss over the fact that the behaviour of either party can affect the behaviour of the other, although it cannot justify it.
We cannot gloss over the deadly competition over resources that are generating tensions in many parts of Africa.
But human rights are not trifling matters and the EU, if it is to remain true to its founding principles, must not gloss over such matters.
The film doesn't gloss over the violent nature of the drugs industry, but its sympathetic portrait of the mules is quietly provocative.

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