window dressing
noun
1
: the display of merchandise in a retail store window
2
a
: the act or an instance of making something appear deceptively attractive or favorable
b
: something used to create a deceptively favorable or attractive impression
window dresser
noun
Examples of window dressing in a Sentence
These changes are being made for a good reason. They're not just window dressing.
the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories
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But more celebrity window dressing would just be useless clutter obscuring the story of personal growth that’s at the heart of No Obligation.
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
The contest began with a whole lot of entertaining window dressing (including a really cool block window frame that players had to build and then throw sandbags through) before ending in a puzzle that all three teams essentially started simultaneously.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
This means that anything that the airlines agree to will mostly be window dressing and, eventually, will be circumvented with new rules and limitations.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
Without a direct infusion of capital into the hands of buyers, like a down payment for a home, these stocks are all window dressing.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2024
The contest began with a whole lot of entertaining window dressing (including a really cool block window frame that players had to build and then throw sandbags through) before ending in a puzzle that all three teams essentially started simultaneously.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
This means that anything that the airlines agree to will mostly be window dressing and, eventually, will be circumvented with new rules and limitations.
—Sheldon H. Jacobson, The Mercury News, 8 Oct. 2024
Without a direct infusion of capital into the hands of buyers, like a down payment for a home, these stocks are all window dressing.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024
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“Window dressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/window%20dressing. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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