window dressing
Example Sentences
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Spotify knew or should have known “with reasonable diligence, that fraudulent activities were occurring on its platform,” states the lawsuit, describing the streamer’s policies to root out fraud as “window dressing.”
From Los Angeles Times
"If you take away the gadgets, the mobile phones and the laptops, essentially remove all the window dressing, it's still the same story. It's just been updated."
From BBC
Maury exploited his scientific acumen to contend for the truth of insane white supremacy beliefs, often with distorted biblical window dressing.
From Los Angeles Times
During his five years in New York, he worked other jobs too: window dressing at Bergdorf Goodman and leading tours around the city.
From Los Angeles Times
I prepared myself for an uninspiring visit where the art was mere window dressing to sell window dressings.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
