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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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Why highlight the tragic demise of one woman, and gloss over the deaths of the 14 men?
We cannot gloss over the deadly competition over resources that are generating tensions in many parts of Africa.
The film doesn't gloss over the violent nature of the drugs industry, but its sympathetic portrait of the mules is quietly provocative.
Should we gloss over them as proof of the power of suggestion to treat psychosomatic illness?
Avoid the temptation to gloss over things you think are unimportant unless you know for sure that they are absolutely irrelevant.
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.

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