euphemistically
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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She also gives Steven a monthly allowance, euphemistically listed in her records as a “stipend.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Employers and government officials euphemistically refer to it as "balancing the workforce".
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
Bill Shaikin euphemistically writes that George Springer was “part of the Astros 2017 sign stealing team.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025
Governments, for instance, can use what’s euphemistically referred to as “creative accounting” — counting things as protected that probably should not be considered protected.
From Salon ● Aug. 19, 2024
Edgemont, where the properties were located, was a tumbledown, racially mixed neighborhood, once a mill village, known euphemistically in the mid-1960s as “transitional.”
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
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