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
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The family’s flashy open houses and intimate dinner parties were featured in a puff piece in Newsday in 1983.
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Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Cady rejects her entire Sinclair family at the end of the series, refusing to participate in a puff piece about the family and tossing the heirloom pearls into the sea.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 June 2025
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
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Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
Cady rejects her entire Sinclair family at the end of the series, refusing to participate in a puff piece about the family and tossing the heirloom pearls into the sea.
—Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 25 June 2025
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
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“Puff piece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/puff%20piece. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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