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Recent Examples of schmaltz
Forever, Michael has some funky, feisty music, but it’s ultimately overpowered by schmaltz.
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Al Shipley, SPIN, 16 Jan. 2025
The family drama peppered through the film leans too earnest, leading to an ending that pours on the schmaltz way too hard.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
New Girl can often turn in some schmaltz among the comedy, and what better time to do it than Christmas?
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
In a separate bowl, mix the eggs and melted schmaltz or vegetablee oil.
—Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
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Al Shipley, SPIN, 16 Jan. 2025
The family drama peppered through the film leans too earnest, leading to an ending that pours on the schmaltz way too hard.
—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2025
New Girl can often turn in some schmaltz among the comedy, and what better time to do it than Christmas?
—Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
In a separate bowl, mix the eggs and melted schmaltz or vegetablee oil.
—Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 9 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for schmaltz
Noun
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Reichardt’s previous films, such as her retro Westerns Meek’s Cutoff and First Cow, have tended towards sludge and shadows, but her competition closer opens with the golden leaves of a New England fall, slightly faded to the paler golds of an Ektachrome postcard of the era.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
23 May 2025
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Add the bark powder, which turns into DMT-laden sludge.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The song structures melt into goo; the lyrics pelt flecks of raw feeling.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
3 Dec. 2024
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When the fish are brought to the surface, however, the comparative lack of pressure causes their bodies to collapse into shapeless puddles of goo.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Schmaltz.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/schmaltz. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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