whitewashing
noun
white·wash·ing
ˈ(h)wīt-ˌwȯ-shiŋ 
-ˌwä-
: an act or instance of applying whitewash
also
: whitewash sense 3
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This whitewashing of historical records apparently includes removing photographs of the Enola Gay, the Army Air Force Boeing Superfortress bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on Aug. 6, 1945, hastening the end of the final chapter of World War II.
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
The Maya Erskine/Jack Quaid two hander Plus One, Emma Stone's unfortunate adventure in whitewashing, Aloha, Ed Zwick's sweeping Western romance Legends of the Fall, and the eternal John Hughes classic Sixteen Candles all leave the platform this month.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Feb. 2025
Daniel Hodges, one of the officers who was injured on Jan. 6 after being pinned in a doorway of the Capitol and crushed, said Mr. Trump’s whitewashing of Jan. 6 was necessary to preserve his supporters’ belief in their own goodness and patriotism.
—Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The real stories behind Blitz McQueen wrote the character of Ife (played by Benjamin Clementine) to help correct the whitewashing of the Blitz.
—Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
The Maya Erskine/Jack Quaid two hander Plus One, Emma Stone's unfortunate adventure in whitewashing, Aloha, Ed Zwick's sweeping Western romance Legends of the Fall, and the eternal John Hughes classic Sixteen Candles all leave the platform this month.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 1 Feb. 2025
Daniel Hodges, one of the officers who was injured on Jan. 6 after being pinned in a doorway of the Capitol and crushed, said Mr. Trump’s whitewashing of Jan. 6 was necessary to preserve his supporters’ belief in their own goodness and patriotism.
—Jonathan Swan, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The real stories behind Blitz McQueen wrote the character of Ife (played by Benjamin Clementine) to help correct the whitewashing of the Blitz.
—Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Nov. 2024
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“Whitewashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/whitewashing. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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