window dressing
noun
1
: the display of merchandise in a retail store window
2
a
: the act or an instance of making something appear deceptively attractive or favorable
b
: something used to create a deceptively favorable or attractive impression
window dresser
noun
Examples of window dressing in a Sentence
These changes are being made for a good reason. They're not just window dressing.
the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories
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National Guardsmen have plenty of training and shouldn’t be depicted as political window dressing.
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2024
The series is still going strong thanks to numerous sequels and a spinoff, wading into such over-the-top territory that the initial street racing conceit is now little more than window dressing.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Steichen and his staff took the best option plays from all levels of football and mixed them with NFL window dressing.
—Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
But more celebrity window dressing would just be useless clutter obscuring the story of personal growth that’s at the heart of No Obligation.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
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Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2024
The series is still going strong thanks to numerous sequels and a spinoff, wading into such over-the-top territory that the initial street racing conceit is now little more than window dressing.
—Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Steichen and his staff took the best option plays from all levels of football and mixed them with NFL window dressing.
—Ted Nguyen, The Athletic, 22 Aug. 2024
But more celebrity window dressing would just be useless clutter obscuring the story of personal growth that’s at the heart of No Obligation.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for window dressing
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“Window dressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/window%20dressing. Accessed 15 Dec. 2024.
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