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Recent Examples of window dressingAmerica must demand substantial and enforceable market access from our allies — not mere window dressing — and remain relentless in holding geopolitical rivals such as China accountable in this fiercely competitive global environment.—Alan Beard, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2025 Real estate off-track isn’t frothy if indistinct window dressing — no Donk.—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025 But efforts must be real and substantive, not just window dressing.—Matthew Phillips, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025 Some skeptics suggested that corporate statements about racial justice were just window dressing.—Donald T. Tomaskovic-Devey, The Conversation, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for window dressing
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facade
Noun
The narrow cobblestone street cuts through the city’s Old Town toward the waterfront and abuts the eastern facade of Diocletian’s Palace, an ancient Roman fortress built about 1,700 years ago.
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Aspen Pflughoeft
July 9,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
After arriving, fire crews reported that parts of the facade and some of the parapet separated from the parking garage, sending bricks crashing to the sidewalk and street below, Nolan said.
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