puffery

Example Sentences

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Ms. Coppola’s approach doesn’t even rise to the level of the journalism in Vogue, which itself gets lots of puffery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Tesla’s defense in the shareholder case included the argument that statements like those were “mere corporate puffery, vague statements of optimism.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

The panda wins by virtue of the puffery and power grab.

From Slate • Jul. 21, 2025

Customers are expected to be smart enough to recognise that ads will often contain a certain amount of "puffery".

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2023

The "C. P." is very well done, but I cannot make up my mind to lend my blow to the great Forge-bellows of puffery at work.

From The Letters of Charles Dickens Vol. 3, 1836-1870 by Dickens, Mamie