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Recent Examples of window dressing
Real estate off-track isn’t frothy if indistinct window dressing — no Donk.
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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
It has long been said that India runs cricket with an iron fist and that figureheads such as Barclay are merely window dressing.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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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
It has long been said that India runs cricket with an iron fist and that figureheads such as Barclay are merely window dressing.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for window dressing
facade
Noun
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Late on Thursday, Dolton Village Trustee Stanley Brown took in the church’s facade from beneath his black cap.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
10 May 2025
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While this might create a show-stopping facade, bigger isn’t always better.—
Kristine Gill,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2025
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“Window dressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/window%20dressing. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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