cotton candy

as in eye candy
something attractive but lacking in substance the beauty pageant is a variety of cotton candy that the public has clearly started to grow tired of

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Recent Examples of cotton candy Fun seekers won't go hungry with a variety of dining options, including pizza and cotton candy. Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 21 Nov. 2024 By Wim’s side through thick and thin is his best friend, Neel (Robert Timothy Smith), a blue elephant boy with a stubby trunk, wispy hair that looks like raspberry cotton candy, and ears that droop down over his shoulders. Ben Travers, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024 And the installations continue all the way through the gift shop, which is situated between a series of photo backdrops and a food court offering concessions like popcorn and cotton candy. 2. Sonaiya Kelley, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024 One in 100 million cotton candy lobster caught in New Hampshire Laura spotted this ultra-rare specimen on a New Hampshire local news outlet and interviewed the scientists that received it as a donation. Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for cotton candy

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“Cotton candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cotton%20candy. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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