as in facades
a deceptively attractive external appearance
the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories
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Recent Examples of window dressings
Those side-story quests are always guaranteed to be different narrative window dressings on time trials.
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Adam Ismail, The Drive, 14 May 2026
Adam Ismail, The Drive, 14 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for window dressings
facades
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This can include easier jobs, like fresh paint jobs on facades and park clean-ups overnight, or more intense projects like refreshing and reimagining attractions.—
Megan duBois,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Well, mounting heavy opaque panels across glass skyscraper facades radically changes the appearance, weight, and thermal characteristics of the building itself.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 May 2026
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“Window dressings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/window%20dressings. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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