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empty promise

noun as in pie in the sky

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Offering “choice” is an empty promise if parents can’t find or afford a private school.

From Slate

“It’s an empty promise toward our people. How can you apologize for a genocide while commiting a genocide in Palestine?”

From Salon

“Donald Trump makes empty promise after empty promise to American workers, but never delivers,” Harris said in a statement.

“Never again must never be an empty promise,” he said.

From Slate

Labour said the announcement was the "latest empty promise" from the Tories on health.

From BBC

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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