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Recent Examples of tongue-in-cheek
And as a tongue-in-cheek homage to fair food, some crafters have begun constructing quilts-on-a-stick at the Minnesota State Fair, for example.
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Ayana Archie, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
When Jessie Jo Dillon, Drew Parker and Zach Abend suggested a tongue-in-cheek song aimed at his online trolls, HARDY agreed.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025
Cardi paired the tongue-in-cheek shirt, which offered a hint of her lower belly, with tiny denim cut-off shorts.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
The cocktail’s name is a tongue-in-cheek reference to a sketch from The Tim and Eric Awesome Show on Adult Swim.
—Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
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Ayana Archie, NPR, 27 Sep. 2025
When Jessie Jo Dillon, Drew Parker and Zach Abend suggested a tongue-in-cheek song aimed at his online trolls, HARDY agreed.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 26 Sep. 2025
Cardi paired the tongue-in-cheek shirt, which offered a hint of her lower belly, with tiny denim cut-off shorts.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
The cocktail’s name is a tongue-in-cheek reference to a sketch from The Tim and Eric Awesome Show on Adult Swim.
—Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongue-in-cheek
Adjective
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There’s something so hilariously flippant about Taylor’s mean streak these days.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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Worse for Wilson, Sherman's Hall of Fame broadcast teammate, Tony Gonzalez, bordered on flippant in dismissing Wilson's candidacy.—
Mike Sando,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Huff had one quarterback pressure Sunday (being facetious).—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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This sounds facetious but is not at all.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Another thing that stands out in the series is its voiceover, which can be highly ironic or poetic and but also draws through lines from the present and future.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
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And somehow in this new chapter of my life, calling myself Sarah Sauce just felt so funny and ironic to me.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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In a witty and wry artisanal classic, an American team aims to claim the top prize at the Mondial du Fromage cheesemongering competition in France.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
9 Oct. 2025
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No one is better built than Leavy, a crafty veteran sportswriter, for between-innings repartee, wry asides, and tossed-off ideas for improving her beloved sport—and maybe even keeping its ever-looming obsolescence at bay for another decade or three.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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As my colleague Charlie Warzel wrote in March, on X, the White House is now a troll account, borrowing its snide visual language and tone from some of the internet’s most cynical spaces and deploying this style to mock and dehumanize people.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
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The whole discourse was so cynical.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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But dry weather in summer and fall can change all that because the lack of water causes leaves to brown and fall more quickly.—
Jessica Coacci,
Fortune,
14 Oct. 2025
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The weather is also expected to improve, with drier air spanning much of the East.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Harry’s recent reunion with his father in London adds a poignant layer to the parallel timing of their public appearances.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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Come See Me in the Good Light, Ryan White’s poignant exploration of the love story of poets Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
9 Oct. 2025
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Whether ecstatic or vitriolic, the attention the book garnered was unprecedented.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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One of the most viral and vitriolic critiques came from Crissle West, co-host of the popular pop-culture podcast The Read.—
Meagan Jordan,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Tongue-in-cheek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue-in-cheek. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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