veneer
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Analysts say another aim of the election was to normalise their image with a veneer of legitimacy, unfreezing foreign engagement -- including investment projects.
From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026
Until recently, there was at least an attempt to give interventions a veneer of legitimacy through U.N. endorsement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
According to critics, this symbiosis creates a scientific veneer for state violence, allowing law enforcement to brand old tactics of containment and harassment as “precise” and “data-driven.”
From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026
Beneath the pretty veneer of Knysna - which is also retirement haven for more affluent South Africans - its water system is on the brink of collapse.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
He talked a great deal about Truth also, for he was, he said, “cutting down beneath the veneer of civilization.”
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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