puff piece

noun

chiefly US, informal + disapproving

: a story, news report, etc., that praises someone or something too much

The story was just another puff piece to help the mayor get reelected.

Examples of puff piece in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Some accused me of writing a puff piece; others, of writing a hit piece. —Julia Moskin, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025

Critics dismissed it as an obvious move by the president or a political puff piece amid a flurry of executive orders and political maneuvers. —Lee Igel, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025

Something about it is not genuine C Colin E. · 5h 31m ago What in the puff piece article is this C Claudia D. · 5h 34m ago Nothing in this article explains or justifies the worst trade in NBA history. —C. Clark, M. Vorkunov and F. Katz, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025

The Washington Post came under fire Monday for publishing what critics called a fawning puff piece about a Palestinian terror cell in the West Bank. —Yael Halon, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2023

This is no puff piece, though. —Wired Staff, WIRED, 31 Mar. 2023

Rhymes for puff piece

• apiece
• aris
• assise
• caprice
• cerise
• decease
• decrease
• eyepiece
• facepiece
• handpiece
• headpiece
• increase