superficial

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"People think that dance music is superficial, but they've got it all wrong," she wrote in a press release.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Her intervention brought renewed focus to the first couple’s friendship with Epstein, which Trump described as superficial and noted that “overlapping in social circles is common in New York City and Palm Beach.”

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

“It’s a terrible idea to move swiftly and not have the really complicated and challenging process that is required to actually work towards more than a superficial pretense of revisionist history,” Gudis said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2026

“Canada has had a bit of a superficial relationship with India,” said Neil Desai, a tech entrepreneur and former senior official in a previous Conservative government.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

The Savage meanwhile wandered restlessly round the room, peering with a vague superficial inquisitiveness at the books in the shelves, at the sound-track rolls and reading machine bobbins in their numbered pigeon-holes.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley