dressed up

Example Sentences

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However nicely these decisions and deciders are dressed up, the results have been absurd.

From Slate • May 13, 2026

Streeting told the BBC that "dangerous misinformation dressed up as expert advice is putting babies' lives at risk - and it must stop".

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Michelle Young, previously a senior advisor at America’s Homeowner Alliance, wrote on LinkedIn earlier this week that the credit-reporting agencies that own VantageScore are a “cartel dressed up as competition.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 22, 2026

I got really dressed up for our date.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

If I had dressed up as superhero, I would have been Atom Eve, with those cute pink boots.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée