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- verb Present participle of
sugar-coat .
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Examples
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"There is no sugar-coating the loss of so many of our straight allies in Congress," said Victory Fund president Chuck Wolfe.
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There's enough sugar-coating here to throw anyone into a diabetic coma.
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Next To Normal leaves out the sugar-coating and adds plenty of spice to its already intense plot about a family gripped by a mother's struggle with bipolar disorder.
Tony Award-Winning 'Next To Normal' Wins Denver Audiences Andrea Rael 2011
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"There is no sugar-coating the loss of so many of our straight allies in Congress," said Victory Fund president Chuck Wolfe.
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Mayor Bill Blunk sees no reason for sugar-coating his opinion when asked to describe this town.
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Next To Normal leaves out the sugar-coating and adds plenty of spice to its already intense plot about a family gripped by a mother's struggle with bipolar disorder.
Tony Award-Winning 'Next To Normal' Wins Denver Audiences Andrea Rael 2011
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Anthony Picarello, general counsel for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said he didn't know of any further communications between the bishops and the administration over the rules, and batted back suggestions of a possible compromise as "sugar-coating…designed to reduce the heat that they are feeling."
Obama Seeks Deal on Birth Control Carol E. Lee 2012
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"There's no sugar-coating, but it's very effective."
Asia's Top Spas Nellie S. Huang 2010
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Eye candy can work like sugar-coating the medicine.
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Beneath the sugar-coating, though, there's still a sense of repressed hysteria, as Garland copes with young romance and relocation anxiety.
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