Examples of smoke and mirrors in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Even the quality of the things that did get modernized seems like smoke and mirrors. — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 21 Apr. 2022 But technical reviews of several mass-reporting tools posted on GitHub — including those written by H4xton, Omran and Linux — suggest that this cottage industry is not entirely smoke and mirrors. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2021 Ah, Instagram — the ultimate source of smoke and mirrors. — Kaitlin Clark, Allure, 24 Nov. 2021 However, a healthy dose of skepticism remains about whether the news portends a major leap or more smoke and mirrors. — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2021 However, factoring companies that offer a non-recourse arrangement are playing a game of smoke and mirrors, according to altLINE''s Justice. — Zenger News, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2021 Wilder seems dialed in and ready for the smoke with this third go-around with Fury, but the unbeaten Ring/WBC/lineal champion is smoke and mirrors. — Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2021 But the Browns went 11-5 and advanced to the divisional round of the playoffs last season with a defense held together by smoke and mirrors, and one whose best defender in Myles Garrett wasn’t himself down the stretch because of COVID-19. — cleveland, 7 July 2021 There, is of course, some classic Washington smoke and mirrors here. — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 28 June 2021 See More

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“Smoke and mirrors.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smoke%20and%20mirrors. Accessed 17 May. 2022.

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