window dressing
Example Sentences
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"All this window dressing isn't for us," lamented Sima, echoing a joke that went viral on social media:
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
“I think that irrational exuberance that we saw in the dot com era … is just window dressing to cloak what, to me, is normalizing an addictive behavior in our society,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
In “Undertone,” all of the horror tropes are window dressing — elements to stimulate the eye while Tuason plays with the ear.
From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2026
"If you take away the gadgets, the mobile phones and the laptops, essentially remove all the window dressing, it's still the same story. It's just been updated."
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025
I was window dressing in case someone came by.
From "Amal Unbound" by Aisha Saeed
