Potemkin villages

Definition of Potemkin villagesnext
plural of Potemkin village

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screens
Noun
  • Investing in staff training, interactive screens with additional product information and intuitive layouts will help shoppers navigate these wellness aisles and engage with potentially new brands and concepts, such as The Nue Co’s functional fragrances.
    Clara Ludmir, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Nagahisa and regular cinematographer Hiroaki Takeda capture these traumatic moments as frames within frames — doorways, mirrors, and corners as small windows seen at a distance — vertical rectangles like phone screens.
    Blake Simons, IndieWire, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Potemkin villages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Potemkin%20villages. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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