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Dinner parties will feel all the more special with these fig leaf Maison Balzac placemats at the table.
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2025
At one point, as though by fate or destiny, the green lights from her set matched the same shade of green as the iced fig leaf matcha from the morning breakfast.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 13 June 2025
Critics have long contended that the position amounted to little more than a fig leaf, albeit one that still managed to occupy a few seats at the national policy-making table.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025
Trump’s cryptocurrency ventures are nothing more than a fig leaf for pay offs from foreign nationals.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
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Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2025
At one point, as though by fate or destiny, the green lights from her set matched the same shade of green as the iced fig leaf matcha from the morning breakfast.
—Hikmat Mohammed, Footwear News, 13 June 2025
Critics have long contended that the position amounted to little more than a fig leaf, albeit one that still managed to occupy a few seats at the national policy-making table.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025
Trump’s cryptocurrency ventures are nothing more than a fig leaf for pay offs from foreign nationals.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fig leaf
Noun
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Only Alain seems eager to ignore the disinformation and embrace this Potemkin village as the real deal (except when his eyes show a gathering concern).—
Robert Abele,
Los Angeles Times,
20 June 2025
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But his proudest accomplishments amount to little more than a progressive Potemkin village.—
Paul Vallas,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2025
Noun
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In this photo illustration, a person holds a smartphone displaying the ChatGPT logo on its screen in front of a blurred OpenAI logo on August 9, 2025 in Chongqing, China.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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With all this information available at eye level, crews can make faster decisions without relying on separate screens.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Trump has lost his tariff shield.—
Brett Erickson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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But Facebook and other companies had a legal shield, known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which essentially deterred lawsuits over content posted by their users.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Two older cats in the home, one ill, the other blind, followed the sounds into the room.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
12 Aug. 2025
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And most companies are walking into that future blind.—
Kolawole Samuel Adebayo,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Fig leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fig%20leaf. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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