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Recent Examples of window dressing
The series is still going strong thanks to numerous sequels and a spinoff, wading into such over-the-top territory that the initial street racing conceit is now little more than window dressing.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Trappings like solar panels on the Vatican roof and an all-electric Popemobile aren’t just green window dressing.
—Mike Burbach, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
The social codes of bloodless brutality cloaked in plausible deniability aren’t window dressing.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
Flagrant violations across diverse policy realms suggested that the order’s commitment to the rule of law was rhetorical window dressing.
—Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2025
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Trappings like solar panels on the Vatican roof and an all-electric Popemobile aren’t just green window dressing.
—Mike Burbach, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2025
The social codes of bloodless brutality cloaked in plausible deniability aren’t window dressing.
—Elle Carroll, Vulture, 11 Aug. 2025
Flagrant violations across diverse policy realms suggested that the order’s commitment to the rule of law was rhetorical window dressing.
—Stacie E. Goddard, Foreign Affairs, 28 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for window dressing
facade
Noun
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Stroll by Palma de Mallorca Town Hall, where a clock hangs above the building’s Baroque facade.—
Emilio Parra Doiztua,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The facade of the building was retained, with the name of the brand now painted discreetly on the brick as well as awnings that were added to the top-floor windows.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Window dressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/window%20dressing. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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