facade

Example Sentences

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“Brats” is very much so “about the public facade of friendship,” notes McCarthy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

Raymond Barlow, from the council's building standards team, told BBC Scotland News that it was not possible to demolish the facade with a machine as it would cause an uncontrolled collapse.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2026

But Network Rail said the main high level station would remain closed for the rest of the week due to the "high level of instability" of the fire-damaged facade.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

For the latter half of samurai history, armor was a facade, a largely symbolic display of authority for an archetypal military class whose members became bureaucrats and eventually pop-culture icons.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

This was not a mere facade, but it was only the top layer of Jefferson's thinking.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis