window dressing

Example Sentences

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“This is an expensive proposition for TikTok but by no means would I treat this as window dressing.”

From Seattle Times

“Their public declarations are much more moderate, but I don’t know if anyone in the West knows how much of that is window dressing.”

From New York Times

Surely the inelegantly presented homicidal menace will take on more prominence in a way that Yao's and Delilah's cultural window dressing probably won't.

From Salon

“The political theater is simply to give the appearance of working across the aisle, with the Republicans being used as window dressing,” Ms. Tshibaka said in June.

From New York Times

But it’s soon evident that Shaw’s not expected to be more than expensive window dressing, and that something very serious is happening on the island.

From Seattle Times