as in cotton candy
something attractive but lacking in substance
a fashionable portrait painter in his day, he is now regarded as a minor purveyor of eye candy
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Recent Examples of eye candy
Alien fanatics will find plenty of eye candy to gawk at in Alien: Earth’s early episodes.
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 6 Aug. 2025
From Kofi to Tyler, Maxwell and Lance, the eye candy was plentiful at this year's ESSENCE Festival of Culture.
—Essence, 7 July 2025
The lace detailing is the real eye candy, though the classic silhouette and midi length contribute to its star power, too.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 29 June 2025
In that benighted era, smart and beautiful women like Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and Judy Holliday were perennially cast in jiggle roles: empty headed, screen-filling eye candy.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 6 Aug. 2025
From Kofi to Tyler, Maxwell and Lance, the eye candy was plentiful at this year's ESSENCE Festival of Culture.
—Essence, 7 July 2025
The lace detailing is the real eye candy, though the classic silhouette and midi length contribute to its star power, too.
—Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 29 June 2025
In that benighted era, smart and beautiful women like Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield and Judy Holliday were perennially cast in jiggle roles: empty headed, screen-filling eye candy.
—Guy Trebay, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eye candy
cotton candy
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Whether as an ingredient or flavor inspiration, pickles have worked their way into all sorts of food and drinks, including cotton candy, ice cream and corn dogs.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Sep. 2025
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There are also planets like WASP-193b, which is larger than Jupiter but light and wispy like cotton candy, and inhospitable worlds like WASP-107b, where sandy clouds high in the atmosphere fall like rain onto the surface.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
22 Sep. 2025
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“Eye candy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eye%20candy. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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