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also façade
1
as in front
a forward part or surface
all of the stores in the mall have facades that are in keeping with the style of a 19th-century American village
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2
as in pretense
a display of emotion or behavior that is insincere or intended to deceive
his interest in acting is just a facade—he joined the drama club to meet girls
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as in veneer
a deceptively attractive external appearance
the company's facade of success collapsed when it was revealed that its financial officers had been cooking the books for years
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Recent Examples of facade
Webbing from grand facades were narrow streets where cats sunned in doorways and artisans claimed corners for their craft, unfolding a space of inclusive second chances.
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Marlise Kast-Myers, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
To give even more modern appeal, windows in varying sizes freckle the facade.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2026
The transition back to a nominally democratic government is widely seen as an effort to keep the army in power behind a facade of civilian rule.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
McKellen lands every snippy bon mot and backhanded compliment that Julian doles out, but Coel makes every crack in Lori’s facade really count, as the mystery behind her commitment to Julian unfurls.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
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Marlise Kast-Myers, Boston Herald, 12 Apr. 2026
To give even more modern appeal, windows in varying sizes freckle the facade.
—Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Apr. 2026
The transition back to a nominally democratic government is widely seen as an effort to keep the army in power behind a facade of civilian rule.
—ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026
McKellen lands every snippy bon mot and backhanded compliment that Julian doles out, but Coel makes every crack in Lori’s facade really count, as the mystery behind her commitment to Julian unfurls.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for facade
Noun
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Burke was found in the front seat of his vehicle, which also suffered damage to the front, prosecutors added.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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Two officers then approach the front of the vehicle — one of whom attempts to open the car door, the video shows.—
Juliana Kim,
NPR,
15 Apr. 2026
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Baer appeared perplexed by this coy pretense of innocence.—
Patrick Radden Keefe,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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K-pop is unusual in that there’s none of the pretense that often accompanies traditional pop music.—
Ross Raihala,
Twin Cities,
13 Apr. 2026
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An extremely fragile veneer of post-racial logic blankets these spiky romances, which take place in conspicuously progressive cities.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2026
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Gold plating, after all, is only a thin veneer.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Then, in the late nineteenth century, the mandolin experienced a second flowering, albeit in a different guise.—
Tim Parks,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2026
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Under some guise of urgency—an unpaid fine or other transgression—the victim would be directed to download an app that closely mimics the institution’s real one.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
7 Apr. 2026
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Best of all, the serum offers a high-gloss finish that leaves you with super-soft and shiny tresses.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The pained-looking expressions on the faces and a gloss of eerie motion smoothing communicate the central thesis that Altman can’t be trusted.—
Cath Virginia,
The Verge,
11 Apr. 2026
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Young's family has also filed a wrongful death suit against Hopper, court records reviewed by PEOPLE show.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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Cancellations of subsequent shows followed.—
Julie Sharp,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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The seven revolute joints make the arm kinematically redundant, meaning there are multiple ways to position the arm to achieve the same end-effector pose.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Apr. 2026
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The same attention someone brings to alignment in poses can inform how nourishment and nutrition are approached.—
William Jones,
Ascend Agency,
13 Apr. 2026
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The long-running series is enjoying its latest act on Netflix after previously airing on Fox and USA, tantalizing viewers by thrusting four couples due for a reckoning into an exotic locale overflowing with sultry singles whose only goal is to flirt.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Apr. 2026
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For those who know the play well, some of Mantello’s choices are most striking, especially the horror here of the famous hotel-room scene with a tawdry lover (brutally played by Katherine Romans), an act born of loneliness that destroys a father’s relationship with his son forever.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Facade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/facade. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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