puffery

Example Sentences

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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

This outrageous fiction builds on decades of GOP puffery and media complicity.

From Salon

It’s now disconcerting that Biden and his advocates so often lapse into puffery as to his true political situation.

From Salon

The film was not a work of puffery; it also offered critical perspectives.

From New York Times

Trump’s penchant for puffery is sure to come up on Monday.

From Seattle Times