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 Cottagecore cozy wouldn’t be complete without a quilt, and this one from Brooklinen is on par to nestling into a cotton candy cloud. Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Sep. 2025 Crispy bacon wrapped in fluffy cotton candy — salty and sweet. Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Wuensche knows of 12 times the cotton candy makers sparked or caught fire. David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 19 Sep. 2025 The star, who appeared in the third season of HBO's The White Lotus, which was nominated for multiple awards at the ceremony, wore a cotton candy pink manicure in the same exact shade as her Lever Couture gown. Kara Nesvig, Allure, 15 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cotton candy
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Noun
  • The show has always been filled with scenic eye candy, including the picturesque—and fictional—Cousins Beach on Cape Cod (but actually filmed in Wilmington, N.C.).
    Kayla Kitts, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Remove it and the H2 stops, reverting to sleek eye candy.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 23 Aug. 2025
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  • Kiefer Sutherland and Rebel Wilson are bringing some tinsel to theaters.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • But this time, the familiar faces on the lane have swapped out tinsel and snowmen for candy corn and jack-o-lanterns in Haul Out the Halloween.
    Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Cotton candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cotton%20candy. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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