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.
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
The film was not a work of puffery; it also offered critical perspectives.
From New York Times
Customers are expected to be smart enough to recognise that ads will often contain a certain amount of "puffery".
From BBC
“There’s a legal line. When is it puffery and when is it deceit?”
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
