Today’s “Word of the Day” is “whitewash” and it is a verb meaning “cover up, conceal, hide, camouflage, gloss over, suppress; disregard, ignore, shrug off, overlook, condone, downplay“.
Example Sentence: The country’s (China’s) global standing (reputation) is plunging (falling sharply) as Xi Jinping attempts to whitewash atrocities in the name of empire-building.
This word is present in The Guardian article A child screams in Myanmar … and China pretends not to hear and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Guardian
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